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833085

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who are beneficiaries of contaminated blood ex-gratia support schemes who (a) have and (b) do not have inherited bleeding disorders were alive on 11 July 2017 in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	125401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>The figures provided are the number of people registered with the infected blood payment schemes as of 11 July 2017. It is possible this may include people who are not alive but their deaths have not been reported to the schemes.</p><p> </p><p>The number of people registered with the infected blood payment schemes responsible for beneficiaries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland at the time of the announcement on 11 July 2017 was as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>NI</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>With inherited bleeding disorder</p></td><td><p>1,454</p></td><td><p>73</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Without inherited bleeding disorder</p></td><td><p>1,572</p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p>Data is not available for Scotland as it set up a separate infected blood payment scheme which was launched on 1 April 2017.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/02/2018 12:19:05 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

833086

registered interest
date	29/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Blood: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many people who are beneficiaries of contaminated blood ex-gratia support schemes who (a) have and (b) do not have an inherited bleeding disorder have died since 11 July 2017 in (i) England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv) Northern Ireland.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh West
tabling member printed	Christine Jardine
uin	125402
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>It is not possible to provide separate figures for those who have and do not have an inherited bleeding disorder. Not all deaths will have been reported to the current or former infected blood payment schemes, and cause of death is not recorded, so data here cannot be considered to be representative of all deaths since 11 July 2017.</p><p> </p><p>The former infected blood payment schemes responsible for beneficiaries in England, Wales and Northern Ireland ceased operation on 31 October 2017. A new infected blood support scheme was launched on 1 November 2017 and covers England only. The data is split to reflect these changes.</p><p> </p><p>Deaths reported to the former infected blood payments schemes between 11 July 2017 - 31 October 2017:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>Wales</p></td><td><p>Northern Ireland</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of deaths reported</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Deaths reported to the England infected blood support scheme between 1 November 2017 - 31 January 2018:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Number of deaths reported</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 06/02/2018 12:15:33 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4634 label Biography information for Christine Jardine

831119

registered interest
date	26/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Liothyronine
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken under the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 to collect information on the Concordia/Amdipharm Mercury Group and liothyronine.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	125127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The information powers in the Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Act 2017 can only be implemented by regulations. At the end of last year the Department consulted on those regulations and we are currently analysing the responses to that consultation.</p><p> </p><p>The Competition and Markets Authority has provisionally found that that Concordia abused its dominant position to overcharge the National Health Service by millions for liothyronine tablets. A provisional decision does not necessarily lead to an infringement decision. Where companies have breached competition law, the Department will seek damages and invest that money back into the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 31/01/2018 16:25:09 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

830493

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average hourly rate paid to lawyers instructed by the NHS in medical negligence claims is.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	125047
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS Resolution is responsible for managing clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service and it contracts with a panel of legal firms. NHS Resolution has supplied the following information on the rates paid under the panel contract.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rates for instruction received before May 2017</p></td><td><p>Inner London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Outer London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Provincial hourly rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nominated Partner</p></td><td><p>£194</p></td><td><p>£173</p></td><td><p>£166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Partner, and/or solicitor 10 years of more Post-Qualified Experience (PQE)</p></td><td><p>£179</p></td><td><p>£164</p></td><td><p>£152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors 5 – 9 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£162</p></td><td><p>£148</p></td><td><p>£145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors Non-Qualified – 4 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£155</p></td><td><p>£144</p></td><td><p>£140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal executives, paralegals or trainee solicitors</p></td><td><p>£90</p></td><td><p>£83</p></td><td><p>£78</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rates for instruction received since May 2017</p></td><td><p>Inner London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Outer London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Provincial hourly rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nominated Partner</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£179</p></td><td><p>£172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Partner, and/or solicitor 10 years of more PQE</p></td><td><p>£185</p></td><td><p>£170</p></td><td><p>£157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors 5 – 9 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£167</p></td><td><p>£153</p></td><td><p>£150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors NQ – 4 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£160</p></td><td><p>£149</p></td><td><p>£145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal executives</p></td><td><p>£99</p></td><td><p>£92</p></td><td><p>£86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paralegals or trainee solicitors</p></td><td><p>£93</p></td><td><p>£85</p></td><td><p>£80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A new panel contract was put in place in May 2017. Pre-May 2017 rates continue to apply where the instruction was received before May 2017 and the case is still active.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Resolution has advised that Panel Lawyers are paid the same rate whether they win a case or not. Fixed/capped fees are applied on a number of cases in litigation to ensure cases are not prolonged.</p><p> </p><p>Performance indicators including time to resolution and legal costs are monitored for all panel firms as part of the contract management arrangements. Defence costs are monitored very carefully on a monthly basis and immediate steps are taken with the relevant firm under the contractual agreement with them to ensure that costs do not escalate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department oversees NHS Resolution’s performance through its sponsorship arrangements. This includes formal accountability reviews between senior departmental officials and the leadership of NHS Resolution.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners’ and dentists’ indemnity to cover clinical negligence payments is currently provided privately by Medical Defence Organisations. The Department does not have access to this information regarding primary care and dentistry.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 125048 125049 question first answered 30/01/2018 15:09:35 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

830496

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether lawyers instructed by the NHS to defend claims of medical negligence are paid the same hourly rate whether or not the claim succeeds, as denoted by court award or agreement to pay damages.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	125048
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS Resolution is responsible for managing clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service and it contracts with a panel of legal firms. NHS Resolution has supplied the following information on the rates paid under the panel contract.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rates for instruction received before May 2017</p></td><td><p>Inner London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Outer London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Provincial hourly rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nominated Partner</p></td><td><p>£194</p></td><td><p>£173</p></td><td><p>£166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Partner, and/or solicitor 10 years of more Post-Qualified Experience (PQE)</p></td><td><p>£179</p></td><td><p>£164</p></td><td><p>£152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors 5 – 9 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£162</p></td><td><p>£148</p></td><td><p>£145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors Non-Qualified – 4 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£155</p></td><td><p>£144</p></td><td><p>£140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal executives, paralegals or trainee solicitors</p></td><td><p>£90</p></td><td><p>£83</p></td><td><p>£78</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rates for instruction received since May 2017</p></td><td><p>Inner London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Outer London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Provincial hourly rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nominated Partner</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£179</p></td><td><p>£172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Partner, and/or solicitor 10 years of more PQE</p></td><td><p>£185</p></td><td><p>£170</p></td><td><p>£157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors 5 – 9 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£167</p></td><td><p>£153</p></td><td><p>£150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors NQ – 4 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£160</p></td><td><p>£149</p></td><td><p>£145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal executives</p></td><td><p>£99</p></td><td><p>£92</p></td><td><p>£86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paralegals or trainee solicitors</p></td><td><p>£93</p></td><td><p>£85</p></td><td><p>£80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A new panel contract was put in place in May 2017. Pre-May 2017 rates continue to apply where the instruction was received before May 2017 and the case is still active.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Resolution has advised that Panel Lawyers are paid the same rate whether they win a case or not. Fixed/capped fees are applied on a number of cases in litigation to ensure cases are not prolonged.</p><p> </p><p>Performance indicators including time to resolution and legal costs are monitored for all panel firms as part of the contract management arrangements. Defence costs are monitored very carefully on a monthly basis and immediate steps are taken with the relevant firm under the contractual agreement with them to ensure that costs do not escalate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department oversees NHS Resolution’s performance through its sponsorship arrangements. This includes formal accountability reviews between senior departmental officials and the leadership of NHS Resolution.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners’ and dentists’ indemnity to cover clinical negligence payments is currently provided privately by Medical Defence Organisations. The Department does not have access to this information regarding primary care and dentistry.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 125047 125049 question first answered 30/01/2018 15:09:35 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

830499

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS: Negligence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that lawyers instructed by the NHS to defend claims of medical negligence do not prolong proceedings to increase their fees.
tabling member constituency	Basildon and Billericay
tabling member printed	Mr John Baron
uin	125049
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS Resolution is responsible for managing clinical negligence claims against the National Health Service and it contracts with a panel of legal firms. NHS Resolution has supplied the following information on the rates paid under the panel contract.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rates for instruction received before May 2017</p></td><td><p>Inner London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Outer London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Provincial hourly rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nominated Partner</p></td><td><p>£194</p></td><td><p>£173</p></td><td><p>£166</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Partner, and/or solicitor 10 years of more Post-Qualified Experience (PQE)</p></td><td><p>£179</p></td><td><p>£164</p></td><td><p>£152</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors 5 – 9 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£162</p></td><td><p>£148</p></td><td><p>£145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors Non-Qualified – 4 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£155</p></td><td><p>£144</p></td><td><p>£140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal executives, paralegals or trainee solicitors</p></td><td><p>£90</p></td><td><p>£83</p></td><td><p>£78</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Rates for instruction received since May 2017</p></td><td><p>Inner London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Outer London hourly rate</p></td><td><p>Provincial hourly rate</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nominated Partner</p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£179</p></td><td><p>£172</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Partner, and/or solicitor 10 years of more PQE</p></td><td><p>£185</p></td><td><p>£170</p></td><td><p>£157</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors 5 – 9 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£167</p></td><td><p>£153</p></td><td><p>£150</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solicitors NQ – 4 years PQE</p></td><td><p>£160</p></td><td><p>£149</p></td><td><p>£145</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Legal executives</p></td><td><p>£99</p></td><td><p>£92</p></td><td><p>£86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Paralegals or trainee solicitors</p></td><td><p>£93</p></td><td><p>£85</p></td><td><p>£80</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>A new panel contract was put in place in May 2017. Pre-May 2017 rates continue to apply where the instruction was received before May 2017 and the case is still active.</p><p> </p><p>NHS Resolution has advised that Panel Lawyers are paid the same rate whether they win a case or not. Fixed/capped fees are applied on a number of cases in litigation to ensure cases are not prolonged.</p><p> </p><p>Performance indicators including time to resolution and legal costs are monitored for all panel firms as part of the contract management arrangements. Defence costs are monitored very carefully on a monthly basis and immediate steps are taken with the relevant firm under the contractual agreement with them to ensure that costs do not escalate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department oversees NHS Resolution’s performance through its sponsorship arrangements. This includes formal accountability reviews between senior departmental officials and the leadership of NHS Resolution.</p><p> </p><p>General practitioners’ and dentists’ indemnity to cover clinical negligence payments is currently provided privately by Medical Defence Organisations. The Department does not have access to this information regarding primary care and dentistry.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 125047 125048 question first answered 30/01/2018 15:09:35 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	1390 label Biography information for Mr John Baron

830536

registered interest
date	25/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Illness: Prisoners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what percentage of prisoners who received a custodial sentence suffered from one or more mental health conditions in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	125064
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 31/01/2018 14:47:58 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

830018

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the Answer of 8 September 2015 to Question 8249, on mental health services: children and young people, how many Child and Adolescent Mental Services in-patient Tier 4 beds were available in each region since January 2017; and what the average waiting time was for such a bed in each such region in that same period.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	124736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The number of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services inpatient Tier 4 beds by region is shown in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Region</p></td><td><p>Service area</p></td><td><p>January 2017</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>London</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regional total</p></td><td><p>231</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>South</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regional total</p></td><td><p>323</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>North</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regional total</p></td><td><p>404</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>Midlands and East</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Regional total</p></td><td><p>491</p></td></tr><tr><td rowspan="2"><p>National</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>National total</p></td><td><p>1,449</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: NHS England</p><p> </p><p>Data is not available on the average waiting times for these beds.</p> answering member constituency Thurrock answering member printed Jackie Doyle-Price question first answered 01/02/2018 11:56:49 answering member 4065 label Biography information for Dame Jackie Doyle-Price
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

830077

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Eyesight: Testing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of introducing a compulsory eyesight test for all children aged under 5 on the number of diagnoses of (a) Amblyopia and (b) other serious eye conditions in childhood.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	124775
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>No assessment has been made by the Department on whether introducing a compulsory eyesight test for children aged under five would have an effect on the number of diagnoses of Amblyopia and other serious eye conditions in childhood.</p><p> </p><p>All babies have eye screening at birth and again at about six weeks of age by a general practitioner (GP) or health visitor.</p><p> </p><p>In most parts of England, children are offered a screening test to look for reduced vision in one or both eyes during their first year at school.</p><p> </p><p>In addition all children aged under 16 are eligible for free National Health Service sight tests and parents and carers are encouraged to raise any health concerns, including eye health concerns, with their GP.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/01/2018 16:58:38 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

830247

registered interest
date	24/01/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what estimate has been made of the cost of transferring the contract for Central and East London breast screening services from the current provider to the new provider; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	124908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>NHS England advises that no mobilisation/transfer costs were incorporated into the Invitation to Tender. Bidders were advised that no separate funding was available for mobilisation/transfer costs.</p> answering member constituency Winchester answering member printed Steve Brine question first answered 29/01/2018 16:55:08 answering member 4067 label Biography information for Steve Brine
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms