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443290

registered interest
date	07/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Surgery: Waiting Lists
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of elective operations were cancelled in (a) England and Wales, (b) London and (c) each health trust in England in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	21601
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>Information on cancelled elective operations is published quarterly. The attached table shows how many elective operations were cancelled in England, London and each health trust in England in each quarter since 2010. Information on the number of cancelled elective operations as a percentage of elective admissions is only published for England.</p><br /><p>The number and proportion of cancelled operations remains low in the context of the millions of operations performed in the National Health Service each year. Compared to 2009/10, in 2014/15 there were 1.6 million more operations. The proportion of cancelled elective operations in the first two quarters of 2015/16 was 0.8% which is the same as the first two quarters of 2009/10.</p><br /><p>Health is a devolved matter in Wales.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/01/2016 16:36:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ21601 Table.xlsx title Cancelled elective operations previous answer version 38542 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

442695

registered interest
date	05/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of patients spent more than four hours in A&E departments from decision to admit to admission in each A&E department in London in each month since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	20946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2016 answer text <p>This information is not available in the format requested. The attached table includes data showing the percentage of patients who attended accident and emergency (A&amp;E) and subsequently waited four hours or more to be admitted once a decision to admit them had been taken. These data are given for the following periods:</p><p>- quarter 1 and Quarter 2 2010/11;</p><p>- each week between 07 November 2010 and 05 July 2015; and</p><p>- each month between July 2015 and October 2015.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 20/01/2016 16:29:37 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name PQ20946 Table.xlsx title Patients who attended A&E and waited 4 or more hrs previous answer version 38271 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

437933

registered interest
date	14/12/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many press, communication and public relations staff are employed by (a) his Department, (b) Public Health England, (c) NHS England, (d) Monitor, (e) the Care Quality Commission, (f) the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, (g) NHS Blood and Transplant, (h) the NHS Litigation Authority, (i) the Trust Development Authority, (j) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority, (k) the Human Tissue Authority, (l) the NHS Business Service Authority, (m) Health Education England and (n) the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency; how many of those employees are paid more than (i) £50,000 and (ii) £100,000; and what the total expenditure was on press and communication by each of those organisations in the most recent year for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull North
tabling member printed	Diana Johnson
uin	19915
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2016 answer text <p>Below are details of communications headcount and spend for the organisations requested.</p><p>On headcount, to ensure consistency, all organisations have provided information according to the following criteria for public relations (PR) and communications staff:</p><br /><p>- Press and PR</p><p>- Stakeholder relations</p><p>- Campaigns (including marketing and strategic communications)</p><p>- Digital Communications (not IT/digital service teams)</p><p>- Internal Communications</p><br /><p>On communications spend, we have provided figures for 2014/15, which is the most recent year for which figures are available.</p><br /><p>The figures on spend are split between major communications and marketing spend costs (submissions of above £100,000 which are assessed through the Cabinet Office Efficiency and Reform Group process) and the remaining admin and minor programme spend costs. Major programme spend costs cover budgets for public information campaigns – such as smoking cessation, blood and organ donor recruitment, dementia friends, cancer diagnosis and immunisation campaigns.</p><br /><p>The figures on major campaign programme spend (in column three below) reflect the amount of money requested in the Cabinet Office submission. In some instances, the final spend on communications was lower, as some of the budget was reappropriated for operational requirements or was unused and returned to central budgets.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Number of Communications Staff</p></td><td><p>Major campaign programme spend (Activity over £100,000 approved in 2014/15)</p></td><td><p>Admin (staff / non-staff) and minor programme spend 2014/15 (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health</p></td><td><p>106.5</p></td><td><p>1,129,507</p></td><td><p>6,968,643</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>115.5</p></td><td><p>57,162,157*</p></td><td><p>8,134,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>69</p></td><td><p>9,721,465</p></td><td><p>3,292,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p>21</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>1,697,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>650,000</p></td><td><p>6,671,635</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NICE</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>2,427, 944</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Blood &amp; Transplant</p></td><td><p>124.59</p></td><td><p>4,862,257</p></td><td><p>8,689,004</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Litigation Authority</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>315,329</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Trust Development Authority</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>926,023</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Fertilisation &amp; Embryology Authority</p></td><td><p>6.5</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>381,443</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td><td><p>3.2</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>291,454</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Business Services Authority</p></td><td><p>17.6</p></td><td><p>1,028,800</p></td><td><p>823,586</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education England</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>2,219,301</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Authority</p></td><td><p>28</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>1,987,441</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>*See breakdown of Public Health England campaign spend in table below</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Public Health England Campaign Spend in 2014/15</p></td><td><p>Cost</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Smokefree (tobacco control) includes Stoptober and January Health Harms campaigns</p></td><td><p>£11,580,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PHE Smokefree Cars</p></td><td><p>£1,400,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Be Clear on Cancer</p></td><td><p>£11,685,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stroke- ACT Fast</p></td><td><p>£975,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Change4life</p></td><td><p>£11,514,248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Start4life</p></td><td><p>£3,200,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rise Above</p></td><td><p>£1,970,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>DH PHE Dementia Friends Campaign</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HIV Prevention England 14/15</p></td><td><p>£550,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sexual Health Information Family Planning Association</p></td><td><p>£262,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care &amp; Support Reforms Phase 1</p></td><td><p>£1,950,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dementia Friends Phase 2</p></td><td><p>£1,500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Seasonal Flu Campaign</p></td><td><p>£1,868,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PHE Alcohol Campaign</p></td><td><p>£1,825,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PHE, Seasonal Flu, respiratory and hand hygiene 2014/15</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>TOTAL</p></td><td><p>£54,779,248</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p>We can provide information on staff paid in different salary bands. However, due to differing bands between organisations and differing geographical weighting, this does not allow us to provide figures for the number of employees paid more than £50,000 and £100,000.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/01/2016 17:54:05 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 36446 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1533 label Biography information for Dame Diana Johnson

420822

registered interest
date	17/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Department of Health: Legal Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of his Department's budget is spent on legal fees and damages.
tabling member constituency	Warrington South
tabling member printed	David Mowat
uin	901477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2015 answer text <p>The Departmental Group spend on legal fees is captured in the Annual Report and Accounts for 2014-15. The Departmental Group spend on legal fees is separately identified under Legal Fees in Other Administration Costs,<del class="ministerial"> £61,159k</del> <ins class="ministerial">£61.159 million </ins>and Programme Costs <del class="ministerial">£128,642k,</del> <ins class="ministerial">£128,642 million </ins>totalling <del class="ministerial">£189,801k.</del><ins class="ministerial">£189,801 million.</ins></p><p>The majority of the Core Department’s spend on legal fees is captured as part of ‘Other’ spend under ‘Other Administration Costs’, ‘Programme Costs’ and in “Consultancy services”. The Annual Report and Accounts is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/department-of-health-annual-report-and-accounts-2014-to-2015</a></p><p>It is intended that from the 2015-16 financial year, spend on legal fees for the core Department will be discussed separately in the accounts.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 13/10/2015 16:48:38 question first ministerially corrected 14/10/2015 14:55:18 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 23237 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4080 label Biography information for David Mowat

416385

registered interest
date	04/09/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Accident and Emergency Departments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, by what indicators he plans to use to assess the improvement of Trusts receiving support from the Emergency Care Improvement Programme.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	8995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">Public Health England has developed a campaign to raise awareness of the symptom of breathlessness which ran as a local pilot in Oldham and Rochdale from 24 February – 23 March 2014 and as a regional pilot in the East of England 2 February – 1 March 2015.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">The Breathlessness campaign aims to encourage those with inappropriate breathlessness (breathlessness that is disproportionate to the level of activity undertaken i.e. at rest or on minimal exertion) to go and see their general practitioner (GP). It is primarily aimed at earlier diagnosis of heart and lung disease, including chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, with scope to reduce premature mortality and to improve the quality of life of those living with these conditions. The key message of the campaign is “If you get out of breath doing things that you used to be able to do, see your GP. Getting out of breath could be a sign of heart or lung disease. Finding it early makes it more treatable, so don’t ignore it, tell your doctor”.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Evaluation of the regional pilot is still underway, although early findings from follow-up in-depth interviews with a sample of local GPs and pharmacists and pre and post awareness tracking research among the public, are positive.</del></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> <p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Emergency Care Improvement Programme (ECIP) is a clinically led programme that will offer practical help and support to the 27 urgent and emergency care systems across England that are under the most pressure. </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The progress of trusts taking part in ECIP will be measured by monitoring improvements in their accident and emergency (A&amp;E) four hour waiting time standard, along with patient outcome and experience indicators. The urgent and emergency care systems taking part in this programme were selected based on performance against the A&amp;E four hour standard in 2014/15 and Q1 of 2015/16 alongside discussions with regional teams from NHS England, Monitor and the Trust Development Authority.</ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p></ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 14/09/2015 15:55:26 question first ministerially corrected 14/09/2015 17:19:34 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 21204 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

223300

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether the consultancy reports he has commissioned into the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon has been completed; and when copies of each completed report were delivered to (i) the project's Joint Programme Board, (ii) NHS England, (iii) the Trust Development Authority, (iv) Monitor and (v) his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	225293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225294 225295 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:17 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47105 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

223301

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the expected target dates are for completion of the reports commissioned from consultants into the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon; and when he expects copies of reports to be delivered to (i) the project's Joint Programme Board, (ii) NHS England, (iii) the Trust Development Authority, (iv) Monitor and (v) his Department.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	225294
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225293 225295 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:21 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47106 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

223302

registered interest
date	24/02/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which consultancy firm has been commissioned to review the challenged local health economy of (a) Staffordshire, (b) Eastern Cheshire, (c) South West London, (d) North East London, (e) Cumbria, (f) Mid Essex, (g) Cambridge and Peterborough, (h) Leicestershire, (i) Northamptonshire, (j) East Sussex and (k) Devon; and when each such firm started its work in each area.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	225295
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2015 answer text <p>The work to support the 11 challenged health economies was commissioned jointly by Monitor, NHS Trust Development Authority and NHS England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy firms were not commissioned to produce reports on the local health economies, as described in the question, but to support the local health economies with the development and strengthening of their strategic plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 225293 225294 question first answered 05/03/2015 16:11:22 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison previous answer version 47107 answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly