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49195

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints against GPs have resulted in a GP being struck off by the General Medical Council in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Londonderry
tabling member printed	Mr Gregory Campbell
uin	197289
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The General Medical Council (GMC) is an independent body and responsible for dealing firmly and fairly with doctors whose fitness to practise is in doubt. The information in this response has been provided by the GMC.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1 below shows the numbers of complaints against general practitioners (GPs) and the number of investigations resulting from those complaints in each of the last five years. Table 2 shows the number of GPs erased from the register in each of the last five years.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Complaints</strong></p></td><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Investigations</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All Doctors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>All Doctors</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5,773</p></td><td><p>2,085</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1,758</p></td><td><p>564</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>7,153</p></td><td><p>2,899</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,066</p></td><td><p>757</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>8,781</p></td><td><p>3,291</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,330</p></td><td><p>817</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>10,347</p></td><td><p>4,017</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,708</p></td><td><p>1,021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>9,866</p></td><td><p>3,530</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2,939</p></td><td><p>1,098</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2:</p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td colspan="2"><p><strong>Erased</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>All</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>GPs</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>78</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>77</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>67</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><strong>Note</strong><strong>:</strong>The number of complaints and investigations are directly related but the number of erasures are not necessarily related or from the same cohort of cases that are received/investigated for the same year given the timing of complaints and final hearings/appeals. Also to note, the GMC changed the way it recorded enquiries in 2013. The GMC no longer record notification around Performers Lists unless there is a wider fitness to practice concern. The numbers are therefore not directly comparable to previous years.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1409 label Biography information for Mr Gregory Campbell

49201

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to bring forward regulations for the introduction of the ban on smoking in cars with children present.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	197384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The Children and Families Act 2014 contains regulation making powers to prohibit smoking in private vehicles carrying children. The Department is currently drawing up proposals for how this could be achieved, which we will consult on. We plan to introduce these regulations during the lifetime of this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

49202

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to bring forward draft regulations for the introduction of standard packaging for tobacco products.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	197385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Before reaching a final decision on standardised packaging of tobacco products, and in order to ensure that the decision is properly and fully informed, we intend to publish the draft regulations to make sure that intentions are clear, alongside a final short consultation.</p><p> </p><p>This consultation will ask, in particular, for views on anything new since the last full public consultation that is relevant to a final decision. The content and timing of the consultation will be announced shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

49273

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much NHS England spent on tendering for clinical services in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	197353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>NHS England has advised that it does not hold information on spend on tendering for clinical services. Staff payroll costs will form the majority of the cost of any tendering process and it is not possible to determine what proportion of each individual staff member's time is spent on this work.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

49274

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
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) Clinical Commissioning Groups, (c) Commissioning Support Units and (d) Monitor spent on consultancy workers in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	197320
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>As final year accounts have not yet been produced for Monitor or for NHS England, it is not at this time possible to give actual spend figures for 2013-14.</p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

49310

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the (a) purpose and (b) cost of international travel undertaken for official purposes by (i) directors of Public Health England and (ii) members of its advisory board has been since 1 April 2012.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197368
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The purposes of Public Health England's (PHE) international travel include:</p><p> </p><p>- to provide expert advice to international agencies such as the World Health Organization and to the Overseas Territories of the United Kingdom (UK);</p><p>- to co-ordinate the global preparedness for serious health threats that might affect the UK;</p><p>- to provide advice and support to other national public health agencies on public health incidents and initiatives to improve health;</p><p>- to contribute to humanitarian responses; and</p><p>- to present PHE contributions at international scientific conferences.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>The cost of international travel undertaken for official purposes is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>(i) Directors of PHE: £12,458.57</p><p>(ii) Members of PHE's Advisory Board since April 2013: £817.74</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>International travel has been defined as the cost of transportation wholly outside the UK or tickets to/from a destination outside the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49311

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Public Health England has spent on the development and implementation of its Global Health Strategy since its inception.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197369
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England's (PHE) Global Health Strategy is currently in development.</p><p>Development of the strategy has been undertaken by PHE's in-house global health and international teams. The following table shows PHE's spend on the development of its Global Health Strategy:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Expense</p></td><td><p>Cost (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staff time attributed to strategy development *</p></td><td><p>41,783.63</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Travel expenses</p></td><td><p>348.05</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Off-site meeting in UK</p></td><td><p>1,407.71</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total **</p></td><td><p>43,539.39</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>*Staff time includes the contribution from a consultant in public health plus employer related costs. This excludes other staff contributions for which time allocation is not captured.</p><p>**Excludes telephony costs and minor refreshments costs.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49312

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many of his Department's agencies, non-departmental public bodies or sponsored bodies have developed their own global health strategies.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>In addition to the cross-Government global health strategy, <em>Health is Global</em>: An outcome framework for global health 2011-2015, published in 2011, Public Health England is developing a global health strategy.</p><p> </p><p>This will complement, and will be consistent with, <em>Health is Global.</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49313

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Public Health England has spent on consultancy workers in 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>Public Health England (PHE) has incurred no expenditure with professional consultancy firms of the nature described in the Cabinet Office definition of Consultancy.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p>However, PHE sought approval under the Department's Professional Services approvals route for £8.1million of contingent labour where the daily rate of the individuals concerned was more than £220 per day. This involves approval by the Chief Executive of PHE, by the Department's Procurement and by the Department's Financial Approvals Panel.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

49314

registered interest
date	30/04/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the running costs are for each of the academic health science networks.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	197372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/05/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not available.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England advise us that individual funding levels and programme costs vary between Academic Health Science Networks (AHSNs). NHS England budget allocations are not their sole source of income and AHSNs are seeking to supplement this funding through participation in strategic investment programmes and match-funding initiatives. Core running cost are for AHSNs to determine independently and may also be subject to change through the year.</p><p> </p><p>Further information on AHSN work programmes and business plans can be found on their websites:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>AHSN</p></td><td><p>Website</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>www.emahsn.ac.uk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastern</p></td><td><p>www.eahsn.org.uk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Imperial College Health Partners</p></td><td><p>www.imperialcollegehealthpartners.com</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>www.gmahsn.org</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kent, Surrey and Sussex</p></td><td><p>www.kssahsn.net</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East and North Cumbria</p></td><td><p>www.ahsn-nenc.org.uk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Coast</p></td><td><p>www.nwcahsn.nhs.uk</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>www.oxfordahsn.org</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South London</p></td><td><p>www.kingshealthpartners.org/info/southlondonahsn</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West Peninsula</p></td><td><p>www.swahsn.com</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>UCL Partners</p></td><td><p>www.uclpartners.com</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wessex</p></td><td><p>www.wessexahsn.org</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>www.wmahsn.org</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West of England</p></td><td><p>www.weahsn.net</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and Humber</p></td><td><p>www.yhahsn.org.uk</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 06/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger