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751808

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on meeting priority 23 of the Ending Violence against Women and Girls Strategy 2016-2020, published in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	4893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Progress continues to be made by the health sector against all three of these actions in the Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 21, discussions are ongoing between the Chief Medical Officer and relevant policy officials. A survey has been completed of domestic violence teaching in medical schools and this has been accepted for publication. Medical Royal Colleges are considering how to increase the profile of VAWG teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 22, the Department produced in March 2017 an online publication, ‘Responding to Domestic Abuse – a resource for health professionals’ is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals</a></p><p>The publication calls for routine enquiry into domestic abuse to become a fundamental part of the skills and practice of every health professional. More broadly the National Health Service provides care and support to victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence through a wide range of health care services, including services for physical and mental health. Routine enquiry is already in place in maternity and mental health services, to improve earlier disclosure and support people to get the care that they need. The Department has supported the Royal College of General Practitioners to develop a Violence Against Women and Children e-learning training course for general practitioners (GPs) and other primary care professionals to improve their recognition of and response to patients suffering from violence and abuse is available at:</p><p><a href="http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children" target="_blank">http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children</a></p><p> </p><p>The Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) programme provides staff training and a support programme to bridge the gap between the voluntary sector and primary care, providing an improved domestic violence service. It is designed to encourage clinicians and administrative staff to ask clients about domestic abuse and violence and then either to react with an appropriate support, treatment and care). IRIS has been developed as a commissionable model for implementation nationally – it has been commissioned in 34 sites in England and one in Wales, where it is running in over 1,000 GPs. IRIS Advise is a further development of IRIS targeted precisely at sexual health services and has been successful in pilots in Bristol and east London.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 23, the Department is working with NHS Digital to develop a work programme to support this commitment. In October 2017 NHS Digital will be submitting the Emergency Care Dataset (ECDS). This addresses an identified information gap, and will achieve substantial benefits for patients and the wider urgent care system. It will be implemented across emergency departments in England including all Type 1 Accident and Emergency (A&amp;E) wards, and injury data will be collected as an integral part of the dataset. The introduction of ECDS should encourage consistent data collection, helping A&amp;E wards to meet the Information Sharing to Tackle Violence standards. The new version of the Mental Health Services Dataset went live in April 2017. Discussions are ongoing regarding how mental health data can support delivery of priority 23.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 4892 4894 question first answered 18/07/2017 11:38:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

751809

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on meeting priority 21 of the Ending Violence against Women and Girls Strategy 2016-2020, published in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	4894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Progress continues to be made by the health sector against all three of these actions in the Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 21, discussions are ongoing between the Chief Medical Officer and relevant policy officials. A survey has been completed of domestic violence teaching in medical schools and this has been accepted for publication. Medical Royal Colleges are considering how to increase the profile of VAWG teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 22, the Department produced in March 2017 an online publication, ‘Responding to Domestic Abuse – a resource for health professionals’ is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals</a></p><p>The publication calls for routine enquiry into domestic abuse to become a fundamental part of the skills and practice of every health professional. More broadly the National Health Service provides care and support to victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence through a wide range of health care services, including services for physical and mental health. Routine enquiry is already in place in maternity and mental health services, to improve earlier disclosure and support people to get the care that they need. The Department has supported the Royal College of General Practitioners to develop a Violence Against Women and Children e-learning training course for general practitioners (GPs) and other primary care professionals to improve their recognition of and response to patients suffering from violence and abuse is available at:</p><p><a href="http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children" target="_blank">http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children</a></p><p> </p><p>The Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) programme provides staff training and a support programme to bridge the gap between the voluntary sector and primary care, providing an improved domestic violence service. It is designed to encourage clinicians and administrative staff to ask clients about domestic abuse and violence and then either to react with an appropriate support, treatment and care). IRIS has been developed as a commissionable model for implementation nationally – it has been commissioned in 34 sites in England and one in Wales, where it is running in over 1,000 GPs. IRIS Advise is a further development of IRIS targeted precisely at sexual health services and has been successful in pilots in Bristol and east London.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 23, the Department is working with NHS Digital to develop a work programme to support this commitment. In October 2017 NHS Digital will be submitting the Emergency Care Dataset (ECDS). This addresses an identified information gap, and will achieve substantial benefits for patients and the wider urgent care system. It will be implemented across emergency departments in England including all Type 1 Accident and Emergency (A&amp;E) wards, and injury data will be collected as an integral part of the dataset. The introduction of ECDS should encourage consistent data collection, helping A&amp;E wards to meet the Information Sharing to Tackle Violence standards. The new version of the Mental Health Services Dataset went live in April 2017. Discussions are ongoing regarding how mental health data can support delivery of priority 23.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 4892 4893 question first answered 18/07/2017 11:38:55 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

751810

registered interest
date	13/07/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Crimes of Violence: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made on meeting priority 22 of the Ending Violence against Women and Girls Strategy 2016-2020, published in March 2016.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	4892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2017 answer text <p>Progress continues to be made by the health sector against all three of these actions in the Violence against Women and Girls (VAWG) Action Plan.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 21, discussions are ongoing between the Chief Medical Officer and relevant policy officials. A survey has been completed of domestic violence teaching in medical schools and this has been accepted for publication. Medical Royal Colleges are considering how to increase the profile of VAWG teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate level.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 22, the Department produced in March 2017 an online publication, ‘Responding to Domestic Abuse – a resource for health professionals’ is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/domestic-abuse-a-resource-for-health-professionals</a></p><p>The publication calls for routine enquiry into domestic abuse to become a fundamental part of the skills and practice of every health professional. More broadly the National Health Service provides care and support to victims of domestic abuse and domestic violence through a wide range of health care services, including services for physical and mental health. Routine enquiry is already in place in maternity and mental health services, to improve earlier disclosure and support people to get the care that they need. The Department has supported the Royal College of General Practitioners to develop a Violence Against Women and Children e-learning training course for general practitioners (GPs) and other primary care professionals to improve their recognition of and response to patients suffering from violence and abuse is available at:</p><p><a href="http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children" target="_blank">http://elearning.rcgp.org.uk/course/search.php?search=violence+against+women+and+children</a></p><p> </p><p>The Identification and Referral to Improve Safety (IRIS) programme provides staff training and a support programme to bridge the gap between the voluntary sector and primary care, providing an improved domestic violence service. It is designed to encourage clinicians and administrative staff to ask clients about domestic abuse and violence and then either to react with an appropriate support, treatment and care). IRIS has been developed as a commissionable model for implementation nationally – it has been commissioned in 34 sites in England and one in Wales, where it is running in over 1,000 GPs. IRIS Advise is a further development of IRIS targeted precisely at sexual health services and has been successful in pilots in Bristol and east London.</p><p> </p><p>On priority 23, the Department is working with NHS Digital to develop a work programme to support this commitment. In October 2017 NHS Digital will be submitting the Emergency Care Dataset (ECDS). This addresses an identified information gap, and will achieve substantial benefits for patients and the wider urgent care system. It will be implemented across emergency departments in England including all Type 1 Accident and Emergency (A&amp;E) wards, and injury data will be collected as an integral part of the dataset. The introduction of ECDS should encourage consistent data collection, helping A&amp;E wards to meet the Information Sharing to Tackle Violence standards. The new version of the Mental Health Services Dataset went live in April 2017. Discussions are ongoing regarding how mental health data can support delivery of priority 23.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price grouped question UIN 4893 4894 question first answered 18/07/2017 11:38:54 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

348061

registered interest
date	02/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Patients: Surveys
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the most recent findings from the Care Quality Commission Inpatient Survey.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/06/2015 answer text <p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Listening to patient feedback and acting on it is a vital way for the National Health Service to improve the quality of care it provides. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) Inpatient Survey is one way patients can give feedback to the NHS and complements the Friends and Family Test which collects feedback from patients in real-time.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The findings from the CQC Inpatient Survey show that patient experience in hospital remains positive, with 84% of patients rating their experience with a score of seven or more out of ten compared with 81% in 2012. However, we know there is more to do. That is why we are transforming the way we deliver care in the community and through general practitioners, and working with staff to create a safe, open, compassionate, patient-centred culture throughout the NHS.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 08/06/2015 10:54:00 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

229128

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients waited more than six weeks for (a) an initial NHS hearing assessment and (b) a follow-up NHS hearing aid assessment in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	228784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information concerning the number of patients who waited more than six weeks for an initial NHS hearing assessment and a follow-up NHS hearing aid assessment in each of the last five years is not available. Audiology is not one of the key referral to treatment functions which are recorded as a data set.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the following table, we have provided a count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a primary or secondary operative procedure of 'operation on cochlea' by five year age brackets for the years 2013-14, and provisional data for April to November 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that FCEs are not the number of patients because one patient may have had more than one episode of care within the time period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>Age</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15 <br> April to November<br> provisional</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-14</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-19</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20-24</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-29</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-34</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35-39</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>40-44</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45-49</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-54</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55-59</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60-64</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65-69</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70-74</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75-79</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>80+</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,124</p></td><td><p>736</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) Health and Social Care Information Centre.<br> <br></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. A finished consultant episode (FCE) is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. HES figures includes activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. The data for 2014-15 is provisional and may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustments have yet been made. Counts produced from provisional data are likely to be lower than those generated for the same period in the final dataset. This shortfall will be most pronounced in the final month of the latest period, ie November from the (month 9) April to November extract. It is also probable that clinical data are not complete, which may in particular affect the last two months of any given period. There may also be errors due to coding inconsistencies that have not yet been investigated and corrected.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 228811 question first answered 26/03/2015 13:09:37 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

229147

registered interest
date	23/03/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cochlear Implants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2014, Official Report, columns 769-70W, on cochlear implants, how many cochlear operations there were in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 to date; and what the ages were of the patients who had those operations.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	228811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Information concerning the number of patients who waited more than six weeks for an initial NHS hearing assessment and a follow-up NHS hearing aid assessment in each of the last five years is not available. Audiology is not one of the key referral to treatment functions which are recorded as a data set.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In the following table, we have provided a count of finished consultant episodes (FCEs) with a primary or secondary operative procedure of 'operation on cochlea' by five year age brackets for the years 2013-14, and provisional data for April to November 2014-15.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that FCEs are not the number of patients because one patient may have had more than one episode of care within the time period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p> </p><p>Age</p></td><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>2014-15 <br> April to November<br> provisional</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>0-4</p></td><td><p>346</p></td><td><p>219</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>5-9</p></td><td><p>95</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>10-14</p></td><td><p>89</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>15-19</p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>20-24</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>25-29</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>30-34</p></td><td><p>26</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>35-39</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>40-44</p></td><td><p>49</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>45-49</p></td><td><p>31</p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>50-54</p></td><td><p>43</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>55-59</p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>60-64</p></td><td><p>53</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>65-69</p></td><td><p>60</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>70-74</p></td><td><p>54</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>75-79</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>80+</p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unknown</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>1,124</p></td><td><p>736</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Source:</em> Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) Health and Social Care Information Centre.<br> <br></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>1. A finished consultant episode (FCE) is a continuous period of admitted patient care under one consultant within one healthcare provider. FCEs are counted against the year in which they end. Figures do not represent the number of different patients, as a person may have more than one episode of care within the same stay in hospital or in different stays in the same year.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>2. HES figures are available from 1989-90 onwards. Changes to the figures over time need to be interpreted in the context of improvements in data quality and coverage (particularly in earlier years), improvements in coverage of independent sector activity (particularly from 2006-07) and changes in NHS practice. For example, apparent reductions in activity may be due to a number of procedures which may now be undertaken in outpatient settings and so no longer include in admitted patient HES data. Conversely, apparent increases in activity may be due to improved recording of diagnosis or procedure information. HES figures includes activity ending in the year in question and run from April to March, e.g. 2012-13 includes activity ending between 1 April 2012 and 31 March 2013.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>3. The data for 2014-15 is provisional and may be incomplete or contain errors for which no adjustments have yet been made. Counts produced from provisional data are likely to be lower than those generated for the same period in the final dataset. This shortfall will be most pronounced in the final month of the latest period, ie November from the (month 9) April to November extract. It is also probable that clinical data are not complete, which may in particular affect the last two months of any given period. There may also be errors due to coding inconsistencies that have not yet been investigated and corrected.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 228784 question first answered 26/03/2015 13:09:37 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

171630

registered interest
date	18/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Dental Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of increases in the General Dental Council registration fee on availability of NHS dentists.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	219522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2015 answer text <p>The increase in the General Dental Council (GDC) registration fee is not expected to impact on the availability of dentists for the National Health Service. All dentists must be registered with the GDC in order to practice whether this is for the NHS or privately.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 09/01/2015 13:51:14 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

155505

registered interest
date	11/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: English Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department spends annually on language controls for nurses, midwives, dentists, dental care practitioners and pharmacy technicians.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	214386
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2014 answer text <p>There is no annual Departmental spend around language controls for nurses, midwives, dentists, dental care practitioners and pharmacy technicians, as it is for individual National Health Service employers to ensure that all healthcare professionals have a sufficient knowledge of the English language to be able to perform the roles for which they are employed.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), General Dental Council (GDC), the General Pharmaceutical Council (GPhC) and the Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland (PSNI) as the independent regulators of these healthcare professionals, have powers to carry out language controls for all international professionals.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition, we are currently consulting on proposals to give powers to the NMC, GDC, GPhC and PSNI to enable them to introduce similar language controls for all European Economic Area nurses, midwives, dentists, dental care professionals, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 19/11/2014 16:26:31 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105978

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213068
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">The Civil Service Commission publish details of appointments made by exception and approved by them in their annual reports and on their website. These reports are available in the Library.</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial">It would not be appropriate to publish details of the requests turned down by the Commission as the numbers involved are small, and the individuals might be personally identified, directly or in combination with other published information.</del></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The Department does not operate an ‘Instant Rewards’ scheme. The Department does, however, operate an in-year bonus scheme, which has strict criteria, approval processes and budgetary control.</ins></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/11/2014 16:58:06 question first ministerially corrected 10/11/2014 17:38:55 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter previous answer version 27280 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	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

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registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
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 spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to the answer I gave him on 14 July 2014, Official Report, column 438W.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 10/11/2014 17:47:04 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name 14 July 2014- Official Report column 438W (204278).docx title Hansard Extract 14 July 2014
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney