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226023

registered interest
date	09/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Non-departmental Public Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies spent on consultancy services in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date.
tabling member constituency	Leicester West
tabling member printed	Liz Kendall
uin	226783
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2015 answer text <p>Since 2009-10, the Departmental Group, as defined at the end of the 2013-14 financial year, has spent 25% less on consultancy services, equating to a £194 million reduction in costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Total Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPB) spend on consultancy services in the year 2013-14 is shown in the table below. Data for 2014-15 will not be available until the accounts are published after the financial year end.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NDPB Consultancy Spend 2013-14</p></td><td><p><strong> </strong>£000s</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>56,745</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p>23,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>5,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health &amp; Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health and Care Excellence</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NDPB total</p></td><td><p>85,691</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Consultancy services are defined as “The provision to management of objective advice and assistance relating to strategy, structure, management or operations of an organisation in pursuit of its purposes and objectives. Such assistance will be provided outside the ‘business as usual’ (BAU) environment when in-house skills are not available and will be of no essential consequence and time-limited. Services may include the identification of options with recommendations and/or assistance with (but not delivery of) the implementation of solutions.”</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The figures provided are disclosed as expenditure on “consultancy services” in the administration and programme costs notes in the Department’s Annual Report and Accounts.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS administration spending is down from 4.27% in 2010 to 2.77% currently. This has resulted in £5 billion of efficiency savings, which is now being put into frontline patient care.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/03/2015 12:48:37 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 49528 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4026 label Biography information for Liz Kendall

224722

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what (a) public dividend capital and (b) other non-tariff payments have been made to the Mid-Stafforshire NHS Foundation Trust in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv) 2012-13, (v) 2013-14 and (vi) 2014-15 to date.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	225961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department holds records of the total capital allocated to the respective recipient bodies as a result of the transfer of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust services but does not have details of the breakdown by individual hospital site.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The capital provided to date is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,109,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,153,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£28,262,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding provided to date is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</ins></p><p> </p></td><td><p>£32,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</ins></p></td><td><p>£5,480,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£37,900,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount of public dividend capital issued to the Trust by the Department is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£214,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£21,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£21,385,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£30,397,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£64,425,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold central records of non-tariff payments made by local commissioning bodies to NHS providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work of the trust special administrators (TSAs) to secure safe and sustainable services at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust cost Monitor almost £19.5 million, including VAT, over 18 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The first phase of trust special administration cost £9 million, including expenses and VAT. During this phase there was a team of up to 30 members of staff who carried out three core tasks - to help to run the Trust, to design the future of services provided at Stafford and Cannock hospitals, and to run a large public consultation involving thousands of responses and a series of public meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The second phase cost £10.5 million, including expenses and VAT. We are informed by Monitor that this second phase included a team of up to 50 people, which was required to continue to help run the hospital and implement the TSA’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also informed by Monitor that trust special administration at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust amounted to the rounded figure of 10,900 person-days for teams working on both phases of the process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the table below, expenses incurred during the TSA process are split by the two phases of the TSA and totals are also provided. These expenses include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) accommodation;</p><p> </p><p>(b) travel (car, taxi and train);</p><p> </p><p>(c) subsistence; and</p><p> </p><p>(d) other expenses incurred; and what other costs to the TSA were incurred</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Breakdown of expenses, these exclude VAT:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>TSA1</p></td><td><p>TSA2</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accommodation</p></td><td><p>£82,242.89</p></td><td><p>£170,622.67</p></td><td><p>£252,865.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel</p></td><td><p>£144,122.38</p></td><td><p>£226,600.29</p></td><td><p>£370,722.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Subsistence</p></td><td><p>£16,171.73</p></td><td><p>£43,176.88</p></td><td><p>£59,348.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (incidentals such as printing, room hire and meeting refreshments)</p></td><td><p>£1,939.11</p></td><td><p>£3052.73</p></td><td><p>£4991.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£244,476.11</p></td><td><p>£443,452.57</p></td><td><p>£687,928.68</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 17:13:10 question first ministerially corrected 17/03/2015 16:58:22 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 49060 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

224723

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many consultants have been employed by the Trust Special Administration (TSA) of the Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust since its inception; how many person-days they have worked; what (a) accommodation, (b) travel, (c) subsistence and (d) other expenses they have incurred; and what other costs to the TSA they have incurred.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	225962
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department holds records of the total capital allocated to the respective recipient bodies as a result of the transfer of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust services but does not have details of the breakdown by individual hospital site.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The capital provided to date is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,109,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,153,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£28,262,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding provided to date is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</ins></p></td><td><p>£32,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</ins></p></td><td><p>£5,480,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£37,900,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount of public dividend capital issued to the Trust by the Department is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£214,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£21,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£21,385,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£30,397,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£64,425,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold central records of non-tariff payments made by local commissioning bodies to NHS providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work of the trust special administrators (TSAs) to secure safe and sustainable services at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust cost Monitor almost £19.5 million, including VAT, over 18 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The first phase of trust special administration cost £9 million, including expenses and VAT. During this phase there was a team of up to 30 members of staff who carried out three core tasks - to help to run the Trust, to design the future of services provided at Stafford and Cannock hospitals, and to run a large public consultation involving thousands of responses and a series of public meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The second phase cost £10.5 million, including expenses and VAT. We are informed by Monitor that this second phase included a team of up to 50 people, which was required to continue to help run the hospital and implement the TSA’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also informed by Monitor that trust special administration at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust amounted to the rounded figure of 10,900 person-days for teams working on both phases of the process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the table below, expenses incurred during the TSA process are split by the two phases of the TSA and totals are also provided. These expenses include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) accommodation;</p><p> </p><p>(b) travel (car, taxi and train);</p><p> </p><p>(c) subsistence; and</p><p> </p><p>(d) other expenses incurred; and what other costs to the TSA were incurred</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Breakdown of expenses, these exclude VAT:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>TSA1</p></td><td><p>TSA2</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accommodation</p></td><td><p>£82,242.89</p></td><td><p>£170,622.67</p></td><td><p>£252,865.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel</p></td><td><p>£144,122.38</p></td><td><p>£226,600.29</p></td><td><p>£370,722.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Subsistence</p></td><td><p>£16,171.73</p></td><td><p>£43,176.88</p></td><td><p>£59,348.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (incidentals such as printing, room hire and meeting refreshments)</p></td><td><p>£1,939.11</p></td><td><p>£3052.73</p></td><td><p>£4991.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£244,476.11</p></td><td><p>£443,452.57</p></td><td><p>£687,928.68</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 17:13:10 question first ministerially corrected 17/03/2015 17:12:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 49061 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

224727

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has provided to implement the recommendations of the Trust Special Administration of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust on (a) capital investment in Stafford Hospital, (b) capital investment in Royal Stoke University Hospital, (c) capital investment in Cannock Hospital, (d) capital investment in New Cross Hospital, (e) other capital investment, (f) revenue support for the University Hospitals of the North Midlands NHS Trust, (g) revenue support for the Royal Wolverhampton Hospitals Trust and (h) other revenue support.
tabling member constituency	Stafford
tabling member printed	Jeremy Lefroy
uin	226012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department holds records of the total capital allocated to the respective recipient bodies as a result of the transfer of Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust services but does not have details of the breakdown by individual hospital site.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The capital provided to date is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,109,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£12,153,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust</p></td><td><p>£4,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£28,262,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Revenue funding provided to date is set out in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</ins></p></td><td><p>£32,420,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><del class="ministerial">University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust</del></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust</ins></p></td><td><p>£5,480,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>£37,900,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount of public dividend capital issued to the Trust by the Department is as follows:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2009/10</p></td><td><p>£214,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>£21,000,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>£21,385,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>£30,397,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>£64,425,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold central records of non-tariff payments made by local commissioning bodies to NHS providers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The work of the trust special administrators (TSAs) to secure safe and sustainable services at Mid Staffordshire NHS Trust cost Monitor almost £19.5 million, including VAT, over 18 months.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The first phase of trust special administration cost £9 million, including expenses and VAT. During this phase there was a team of up to 30 members of staff who carried out three core tasks - to help to run the Trust, to design the future of services provided at Stafford and Cannock hospitals, and to run a large public consultation involving thousands of responses and a series of public meetings.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The second phase cost £10.5 million, including expenses and VAT. We are informed by Monitor that this second phase included a team of up to 50 people, which was required to continue to help run the hospital and implement the TSA’s recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are also informed by Monitor that trust special administration at Mid-Staffordshire NHS Trust amounted to the rounded figure of 10,900 person-days for teams working on both phases of the process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the table below, expenses incurred during the TSA process are split by the two phases of the TSA and totals are also provided. These expenses include:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) accommodation;</p><p> </p><p>(b) travel (car, taxi and train);</p><p> </p><p>(c) subsistence; and</p><p> </p><p>(d) other expenses incurred; and what other costs to the TSA were incurred</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Breakdown of expenses, these exclude VAT:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>TSA1</p></td><td><p>TSA2</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Accommodation</p></td><td><p>£82,242.89</p></td><td><p>£170,622.67</p></td><td><p>£252,865.56</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel</p></td><td><p>£144,122.38</p></td><td><p>£226,600.29</p></td><td><p>£370,722.67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Subsistence</p></td><td><p>£16,171.73</p></td><td><p>£43,176.88</p></td><td><p>£59,348.61</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other (incidentals such as printing, room hire and meeting refreshments)</p></td><td><p>£1,939.11</p></td><td><p>£3052.73</p></td><td><p>£4991.84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>£244,476.11</p></td><td><p>£443,452.57</p></td><td><p>£687,928.68</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 17:13:10 question first ministerially corrected 17/03/2015 16:58:03 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 49059 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4109 label Biography information for Jeremy Lefroy

224870

registered interest
date	03/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of undisputed invoices his Department and its agencies and non-departmental public bodies paid within five days in the last period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	226077
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>The last period for which complete figures are available is the 2013-14 financial-year i.e. 12 months ended 31 March 2014. The table below details the proportion (%) of undisputed payments made, by individual body:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Body</p></td><td><p>Proportion of invoices paid within 5 days</p><p>(% to nearest 1%)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Department of Health</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">92</del><ins class="ministerial">0*</ins></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>81</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td><td><p>89</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Litigation Authority</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Education England</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Research Authority</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health and Social Care Information Centre</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Institute for Health &amp; Care Excellence</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Blood and Transplant</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Property Services</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Business Services Authority</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>54</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><ins class="ministerial">*Monitor return is 0% because it works towards paying all valid invoices within 10 working days not five. The 10-day compliance for 2013-14 was 92%.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/03/2015 16:36:28 question first ministerially corrected 16/03/2015 17:31:17 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 49032 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

173929

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
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, how many vacant A&E consultant posts there were in the NHS excluding London (a) on the most recent date for which figures are available and (b) in each of the previous six years.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Dame Tessa Jowell
uin	220878
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on vacancies is not collected by the Department. The last annual National Health Service vacancy survey in England was undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in 2010. The survey was suspended in 2011 and then discontinued in 2013 following the publication of the Fundamental Review of Data Returns, which aimed to reduce the burden of the collection of data from NHS organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attached table provides vacancy data for 2009 and 2010, the only two years within the last six years for which data is available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/01/2015 16:08:26 question first ministerially corrected 20/01/2015 16:16:23 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Table PQ220878 Vacancy data.xlsx title Vacancy data 2009-10 A&E Consultants previous answer version 39309 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	159 label Biography information for Baroness Jowell

173930

registered interest
date	15/01/2015
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, how many vacant A&E consultant posts there are in (a) London and (b) England; and how many such vacant posts there are in each category in each of the last six years.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Dame Tessa Jowell
uin	220879
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2015 answer text <p>Information on vacancies is not collected by the Department. The last annual National Health Service vacancy survey in England was undertaken by the Health and Social Care Information Centre in 2010. The survey was suspended in 2011 and then discontinued in 2013 following the publication of the Fundamental Review of Data Returns, which aimed to reduce the burden of the collection of data from NHS organisations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The attached table provides vacancy data for 2009 and 2010, the only two years within the last six years for which data is available.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 20/01/2015 16:08:26 question first ministerially corrected 20/01/2015 16:55:53 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Table PQ220878 Vacancy data.xlsx title Vacancy data 2009-10 A&E Consultants previous answer version 39310 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	159 label Biography information for Baroness Jowell

172236

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 219055, which areas are piloting enhanced access to mental health practitioners.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	219813
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>All NHS 111 areas receive mental health calls and use algorithms within NHS Pathways to enable assessment; receiving additional support from nurses as required.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There are <del class="ministerial">four</del> <ins class="ministerial">six </ins>areas that are piloting enhanced access to mental health practitioners, either within the NHS 111 call centre or by transferring to teams outside. NHS England is in the process of finalising which locations will take forward the NHS 111 pilot areas and NHS England will make an announcement when this process has been completed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 09/01/2015 13:44:16 question first ministerially corrected 03/02/2015 11:25:01 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 37717 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

170415

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	NHS: Working Hours
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on out-of-hours services in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	218851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>The amount spent on out-of-hours services in cash and real terms in each of the last five years is represented in the table below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cash terms</p></td><td><p>£403,837,000</p></td><td><p>£397,175,000</p></td><td><p>£403,081,000</p></td><td><p>£396,247,000</p></td><td><p>£399,433,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Real terms</p></td><td><p>£403,837,000</p></td><td><p>£386,480,000</p></td><td><p>£385,331,000</p></td><td><p>£372,587,000</p></td><td><p>£368,785,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Cash terms from Health and Social Care Information Centre data ‘Investment in General Practice’ via:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB14900/inve-gene-prac-eng-wal-ni-scot-09-14-rep.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB14900/inve-gene-prac-eng-wal-ni-scot-09-14-rep.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Real prices are presented in 2009-10 prices, based on the latest GDP deflators (from December 2014). Figures are rounded to the nearest £1,000.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Prime Minister’s Challenge Fund is making available £50 million this year and £100 million next year to improve access to general practitioners.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 06/01/2015 15:16:25 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 35831 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

170098

registered interest
date	12/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Public Relations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much (a) NHS England, (b) Public Health England, (c) Monitor and (d) the Care Quality Commission spent on public relations and communications staff in (i) each year since 2010 and (ii) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	218532
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>Below are details of how much each of the four bodies has spent on public relations and communications staff since 2010 or from when the data are available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To ensure consistency all organisations have provided data according to the following criteria for public relations (PR) and communications staff:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>- Press and PR</p><p> </p><p>- Stakeholder relations</p><p> </p><p>- Campaigns (not behaviour change policy)</p><p> </p><p>- Digital Comms (not IT/digital service teams)</p><p> </p><p>- Internal Comms</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(a) NHS England</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>On 1 October 2012, the functions of the Board Authority transferred to the NHS Commissioning Board (also known as NHS England), which was formally established as an executive non departmental public body. NHS England took on all of its statutory functions in April 2013. Figures have been given from 1 October 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>NHS England</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p><p>(October – April)</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p><p>(April – March)</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p><p>(April – November)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National Communications</p></td><td><p>£253,963</p></td><td><p>£584,419</p></td><td><p>£1,040,240</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications in local areas</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£3,558,677</p></td><td><p>£2,595,881</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Improving Quality (NHS IQ)</p></td><td> </td><td><p>£325,265</p></td><td><p>£461,232</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(b) Public Health England (PHE)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>PHE was formed on 1 April 2013 - figures from predecessor bodies are not provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Public Health England</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p><p>(to November)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PR and Communications staff expenditure</p></td><td><p>£2,888,000</p></td><td><p>£2,323,000</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(c) Monitor</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Monitor</p></td><td><p>2010<del class="ministerial">/11</del></p><p>(April – December)</p></td><td><p>2011<del class="ministerial">/12</del></p></td><td><p>2012<del class="ministerial">/13</del></p></td><td><p>2013<del class="ministerial">/14</del></p></td><td><p>2014<del class="ministerial">/15</del></p><p>(to November)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PR and Communications staff expenditure</p></td><td><p>£398,973.20</p><p> </p></td><td><p>£526,784.85</p></td><td><p>£486,320.81</p></td><td><p>£1,066,790.92</p></td><td><p>£1,223,775.43</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>(d) Care Quality Commission (CQC)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>CQC</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p><p>(to November)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PR and Communications staff expenditure</p></td><td><p>£568,951</p></td><td><p>£736,238</p></td><td><p>£1,188,519</p></td><td><p>£1,039,669</p></td><td><p>£780,195</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 05/01/2015 15:28:13 question first ministerially corrected 07/01/2015 11:11:25 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 36869 answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne