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678142

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what the implications for his policies are of the call by the Association of Convenience Stores for the Government to review the costs, income and viability of rural post offices on its Rural Shop Report 2017, published in January 2017.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	61334
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government entrusts the Post Office’s management to keep the health of the network under review in order to meet the commitment we have set to maintain the network at over 11,500 branches. The commercial agreements it has with subpostmasters, rural and urban, covering costs and revenue form a key part of ensuring the health of the network. While these arrangements are commercially sensitive between both parties the evidence of their success is in the fact that that the network is at its most stable in decades.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 31/01/2017 17:08:37 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

677646

registered interest
date	23/01/2017
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Post Offices: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what assessment his Department has made of progress in securing the future of rural post offices; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	61093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government understands the important role post offices play in communities across the country, especially in the more remote, rural areas. This is why in our manifesto we committed to secure the future of 3,000 rural post offices.</p><p> </p><p>Thanks to Government investment the UK’s network of 11,600 branches is at its most stable in decades, with over 98% of the UK population in rural areas within 3 miles of a post office. The investment is offering real improvements to customers, including an extra 200,000 opening hours every week and over 4,200 post offices open on a Sunday.</p><p> </p><p>The Government’s recent consultation will help us understand what the public and businesses expect from the Post Office and to understand more fully what subsidy is needed and what it should be used for.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 26/01/2017 14:18:56 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

673550

registered interest
date	16/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer: Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the National Audit Office's report, Progress in improving cancer services and outcomes in England, published in January 2015, what the total spend on cancer care in the NHS per newly diagnosed patient was for the most recent period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	59996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2017 answer text <p>The National Audit Office published an estimate of the total amount spent on cancer care in the National Health Service to show the relative scale of the cost of cancer services to the NHS. The NHS does not routinely publish estimates of the total amount spent on cancer patients as the large scale and highly complex range of services that cancer patients interact with makes this very difficult. Many of the services used by people with cancer, in particular diagnostic and rehabilitation services, but also some treatment services, are not specific to cancer patients.</p> answering member constituency Warrington South answering member printed David Mowat question first answered 24/01/2017 11:45:27 answering member 4080 label Biography information for David Mowat
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

672707

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Mortality Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of trends in death rates for people aged 75 and over in each of the last five years; and what steps his Department has taken to investigate the reasons for any change in such death rates.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	59967
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/01/2017 07:24:33 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ59967 v.03.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Life Expectancy
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

672708

registered interest
date	13/01/2017
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Life Expectancy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the change to the life expectancy of (a) men and (b) women at age (i) 75 and (ii) 85 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	59968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2017 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 23/01/2017 07:25:58 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name PQ59968 V.02.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Life Expectancy
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

672122

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement of 4 October 2016, that up to 1,500 extra medical training places will be made available from September 2018, what increased Service Increment for Teaching funding will be provided to support the training of those additional medical students.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	59745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service providers will receive clinical placement funding for the minimum number of students that Health Education England forecast are required to meet the longer-term workforce needs of the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>In early 2017, the Department plans to run a public consultation on its proposals to expand domestic undergraduate medical training places by up to 1,500 per year, from the academic year 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2017-18 academic year, undergraduate medical students undertaking the first four years of their courses will qualify for the same tuition fee loan and living costs support package from the Student Loans Company as other full-time undergraduate students. For years five and six of their courses, these students will continue to qualify for NHS bursaries and an additional reduced rate non-means tested loan for living costs from the Student Loans Company.</p><p> </p><p>Teaching grants for medical students will also continue under the Office for Students (which is expected to assume Higher Education Funding Council for England’s funding responsibility from April 2018) reflecting the high-cost of the subject.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 59746 question first answered 20/01/2017 12:29:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

672123

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his announcement of 4 October 2016, that up to 1,500 extra medical training places will be made available from September 2018, whether those additional students will be supported by the same (a) undergraduate fee and (b) Higher Education Funding Council for England banding payments as existing medical students.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	59746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>National Health Service providers will receive clinical placement funding for the minimum number of students that Health Education England forecast are required to meet the longer-term workforce needs of the NHS.</p><p> </p><p>In early 2017, the Department plans to run a public consultation on its proposals to expand domestic undergraduate medical training places by up to 1,500 per year, from the academic year 2018-19.</p><p> </p><p>For the 2017-18 academic year, undergraduate medical students undertaking the first four years of their courses will qualify for the same tuition fee loan and living costs support package from the Student Loans Company as other full-time undergraduate students. For years five and six of their courses, these students will continue to qualify for NHS bursaries and an additional reduced rate non-means tested loan for living costs from the Student Loans Company.</p><p> </p><p>Teaching grants for medical students will also continue under the Office for Students (which is expected to assume Higher Education Funding Council for England’s funding responsibility from April 2018) reflecting the high-cost of the subject.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 59745 question first answered 20/01/2017 12:29:07 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

672136

registered interest
date	12/01/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Physician Associates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the consultation on the role of Physician Associates announced in his keynote speech to the NHS Providers conference on 30 November 2016 will be launched.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	59864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/01/2017 answer text <p>The Department is currently considering options for a consultation on the regulation of Physician Associates, which will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 20/01/2017 12:30:11 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

660137

registered interest
date	16/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Neuromuscular Disorders: Ambulance Services
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 National Ambulance Service medical directors on ensuring that the best practice system of flagging people with muscle-wasting conditions to ambulance crews in London, North West and North East Ambulance Services is used across all ambulance services.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	58038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department has not had any recent discussions with National Ambulance Service Medical Directors on this subject.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England has advised that it is working with all ambulance services in England to ensure the right resource is allocated to the right 999 call at the right time.</p><p> </p><p>Currently the flagging of patients with long term conditions or longer term care needs is not used universally. However the development of technology to allow real-time searching of the National Health Service number as a unique patient identifier will significantly increase the value of placing ‘flags’ on patients with specific clinical needs. This will then reliably allow any attending healthcare professional to access care plans and special patient notes to help inform individual patient management. This is a component of the 2017/19 ambulance service national Commissioning Quality and Innovation framework.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 22/12/2016 10:11:02 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

659583

registered interest
date	15/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dentistry: Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the rates at which the NHS market forces factor is applied to the dental service increment for teaching.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	57883
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2016 answer text <p>Payments for dental undergraduate clinical placements (formerly known as dental service increment for teaching) are outside the scope of the medical undergraduate clinical placement tariff and subject to local arrangements between the placement provider and Health Education England.</p><p> </p><p>There is no nationally mandated market forces factor rate applied to these locally agreed payments.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne question first answered 21/12/2016 10:40:16 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston