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520777

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Autism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funds his Department is providing from the public purse to deliver its autism strategy in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire; whether that funding is ring-fenced; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	38072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Think Autism, the updated Cross Government strategy for adults with autism in England was published in 2014. A focus of the strategy is for public services and organisations to think about and engage with people who have autism more effectively and make reasonable adjustments or adaptations to improve outcomes and make better use of existing public resources. The Department made available revenue and capital funding of £4.5 million to support innovation and awareness in 2014/15 but no funds are individually ring-fenced. Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire local authorities both received £18,500 seed corn capital funding to make environments more autism friendly, and South Gloucestershire was awarded £8,300 for an Autism Innovation Fund project.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/05/2016 14:12:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

520778

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Registration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications for registration to the Nursing and Midwifery Council were withdrawn by the applicant before they were assessed from candidates trained (a) in England, (b) in the European Economic Area (EEA) and (c) outside the EEA.
tabling member constituency	Bristol South
tabling member printed	Karin Smyth
uin	38065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The information requested in relation to the number of applications for registration to the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) is not held centrally.</p><p> </p><p>The NMC is the independent regulator of nurses and midwives in the United Kingdom and is responsible for nurse and midwife registration. It has informed the Department that it does not collect data on how many applications for registration are rejected or withdrawn before they were assessed.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 37978 question first answered 26/05/2016 15:15:04 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	4444 label Biography information for Karin Smyth

520783

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Life Expectancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with medical organisations on addressing the effect of (a) loneliness and (b) broken sleep on longevity.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	38109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>My Rt. hon. Friend the Secretary of State meets regularly with medical organisations to discuss a wide range of issues, including loneliness and how feeling lonely can have a significant impact on a person’s health and wellbeing. The Secretary of State addressed this issue in a keynote speech he made in 2013 at the National Children and Adult Services Annual Conference. The text of the speech is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-forgotten-million" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/the-forgotten-million</a></p><p>Evidence is still limited for effective interventions which address loneliness. Public Health England’s (PHE) Behavioural Insights Team in collaboration with local government, clinical commissioning groups, general practitioners (GPs), and the third sector have designed a low cost, scalable and evidence-informed intervention. This helps to identify older people in primary care who are at risk of social isolation and loneliness and support them through services that draw on the best available evidence of ‘what works’. PHE will pilot this intervention, engaging GPs.</p><p>There have been no discussions held with medical organisations on the effect of broken sleep on longevity.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/05/2016 14:10:26 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

520785

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Strokes: Aspirin
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with medical organisations on the use of aspirin to prevent strokes.
tabling member constituency	Strangford
tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
uin	38111
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence’s (NICE) clinical guideline on stroke and transient ischaemic attack in over 16s: diagnosis and initial management (CG68), published in July 2008, recommends that all people presenting with acute stroke who have had a diagnosis of primary intracerebral haemorrhage excluded by brain imaging should be given aspirin 300 mg as soon as possible but certainly within 24 hours.</p><p> </p><p>Thereafter, aspirin 300 mg should be continued until two weeks after the onset of stroke symptoms, at which time definitive long-term antithrombotic treatment should be initiated.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This guidance is due to be reviewed by NICE in July 2016 to see whether it needs to be updated.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/05/2016 13:41:31 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

520793

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for therapy referrals and appointments for children with special needs (a) nationally and (b) in Gloucestershire in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	37916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally.</p><p>Currently in Gloucestershire, 94% of patients are accessing Speech and Language therapy and 99% of patients are accessing Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy within eight weeks of referral.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/05/2016 14:18:39 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

520797

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hospitals: Parking
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of hospitals have a policy of charging (a) blue badge holders and (b) carers for parking.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	37814
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Data is not collected centrally in the exact format requested. Data on car parking is collected annually through two collections.</p><p>The Estates Return Information Collection asks whether organisations charge for the use of designated disabled parking spaces. Of the 1,038 sites that have designated disabled car parking spaces 87% do not charge.</p><p>The Patient Led Assessment of the Care Environment asks about the number of sites that offer car parking charge concessions in accordance with the National Health Service patient, visitor and staff car parking principles. Of the 372 sites that charge for car parking, 86% offer concessions, which include either free car parking or reduced charges or caps.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/05/2016 14:11:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

520798

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether he plans to replace bursaries for medical and dental students with loans.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	37815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>The Government does not plan to change the funding arrangements for medical and dental students who are already on the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills student support system for the first four years of their degrees.</p><p> </p><p>A preliminary Equality Analysis was published alongside the public consultation document on the 7 April 2016. This document provides the assessment of the potential effect of the replacement of National Health Service bursaries by student loans for all the protected characteristics of the Public Sector Equality Duty (Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010).</p><p> </p><p>The Equality Analysis and the government consultation can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changing-how-healthcare-education-is-funded" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/changing-how-healthcare-education-is-funded</a></p><p> </p><p>As with all policy development, to inform decision-making, Ministers were briefed internally by relevant Departmental officials, including nursing profession leads.</p><p> </p><p>The Department received joint correspondence from the Council of Deans of Health and Universities UK about a number of issues relating to healthcare education funding in England. A copy of the letter is attached.</p><p> </p><p>The Department received a number of representations from organisations, including Royal Colleges, professional bodies and representatives of universities, about a number of issues relating to healthcare student education funding in England including a potential move from the current system of funding to student loans.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 37840 37841 37882 question first answered 26/05/2016 16:06:26 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer attachment 1 file name PQ37815 37840 37841 37882 Council of Deans of Health and Universities UK Joint Statement.pdf title Council of Deans of Health and Universities UK
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

520799

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Prescriptions: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many fines have been issued for claiming free prescriptions without a valid exemption certificate in each (a) month and (b) year since the NHS Business Services Authority began checking eligibility for free prescriptions in September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	37876
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Since September 2014, when the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) took on responsibility for the service, a total of 747,790 penalty charge notices have been issued where someone claimed exemption on the basis that they held a valid exemption certificate but this could not be verified by the NHSBSA. A further 278,053 surcharge letters have been issued to follow up on penalty charge notices which have not been resolved through payment, cancellation (due to correction of erroneous information, for example) or waiving of the penalty charge. The annual and monthly breakdown is set out below.</p><p> </p><p>Annual breakdown of Penalty Charges Notices and Surcharge letters</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Penalty Charge Notices</p></td><td><p>Surcharge letters</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014 – December 2014</p></td><td><p>59,564</p></td><td><p>20,562</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015 – December 2015</p></td><td><p>430,971</p></td><td><p>171,065</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016 – April 2016</p></td><td><p>257,255</p></td><td><p>86,426</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>757,790</p></td><td><p>278,053</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Monthly breakdown of Penalty Charge Notices and Surcharge letters</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Penalty Charge Notices</p></td><td><p>Surcharge letter</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2014</p></td><td><p>5,298</p></td><td><p>1,733</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2014</p></td><td><p>5,007</p></td><td><p>1,697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2014</p></td><td><p>23,511</p></td><td><p>8,344</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2014</p></td><td><p>25,748</p></td><td><p>8,788</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2015</p></td><td><p>53,668</p></td><td><p>11,445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2015</p></td><td><p>21,706</p></td><td><p>7,969</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2015</p></td><td><p>15,316</p></td><td><p>6,182</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2015</p></td><td><p>12,687</p></td><td><p>5,032</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May 2015</p></td><td><p>20,122</p></td><td><p>8,189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015</p></td><td><p>22,472</p></td><td><p>8,984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July 2015</p></td><td><p>18,249</p></td><td><p>6,550</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August 2015</p></td><td><p>39,626</p></td><td><p>17,282</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September 2015</p></td><td><p>57,661</p></td><td><p>24,634</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October 2015</p></td><td><p>56,952</p></td><td><p>25,075</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November 2015</p></td><td><p>64,573</p></td><td><p>28,655</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December 2015</p></td><td><p>47,939</p></td><td><p>21,068</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>January 2016</p></td><td><p>82,881</p></td><td><p>36,766</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February 2016</p></td><td><p>55,650</p></td><td><p>24,079</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March 2016</p></td><td><p>49,767</p></td><td><p>20,340</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April 2016</p></td><td><p>68,957</p></td><td><p>5,241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>747,790</p></td><td><p>278,053</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/05/2016 14:13:58 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

520800

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Manchester Withington
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients are registered at each GP surgery in Manchester, Withington constituency; what the capacity of each of those surgeries is; and how many of those surgeries are oversubscribed.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
uin	37877
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>These data are not collected centrally.</p><p>Data on numbers of patients registered with general practitioner (GP) practices is published quarterly by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) in a report entitled 'Number of Patients Registered at a GP Practice'. The latest available version is April 2016 and is available from the HSCIC website at:</p><p><a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB20480" target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB20480</a></p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 26/05/2016 14:23:45 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

520803

registered interest
date	23/05/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ovarian Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will take steps to ensure that the proposals to more closely align the approval process for the new cancer drugs fund with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence do not limit access to potential life-saving treatments such as Avastin for the treatment of ovarian cancer.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	37866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/05/2016 answer text <p>Since October 2010, the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) has helped over 84,000 people in England in accessing life-extending cancer drugs that would not otherwise have been available to them.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is responsible for the operational management of the Fund and has consulted, jointly with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, on new arrangements for the CDF which will go live on 1 July 2016.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that, under these new arrangements, it envisages that a greater number of cancer drugs will be funded from baseline commissioning. This will be as a consequence of more appropriate pricing arrangements proposed by pharmaceutical manufacturers and better evidence being available through the Fund as to longer term patient outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 26/05/2016 13:49:23 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis