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78726

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date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services
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 process used to appoint Dr Anthony Marsh to the post of Chief Executive for (a) West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust and (b) East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust; if he will place in the Library copies of all correspondence between his Department and both ambulance trusts on these appointments; what level of salary Dr Anthony Marsh receives for each role; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	206570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>Anthony Marsh was appointed Chief Executive of West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust (WMAS) in July 2006. Dr Marsh was previously Chief Executive of Essex Ambulance Service.</p><p> </p><p>Dr Marsh became Chief Executive of East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) from 1 January 2014. He was seconded to EEAST at the request of the NHS Trust Development Authority (NHS TDA) because of persistent poor performance at EEAST and the Trust’s failure to appoint a substantive Chief Executive when it attempted to recruit to the post on several occasions in recent years. He is contracted to work three days a week at EEAST in addition to continuing in his chief executive role at WMAS.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS TDA advises that Dr Marsh’s salary is £232,226.42 per annum in total, which includes a £50,000 uplift to his former WMAS salary for his additional duties at EEAST. EEAST pays 60% of Dr Marsh’s salary. The £50,000 additional salary payment was agreed between the remuneration committees of WMAS and EEAST for the increased responsibility of running two trusts.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS TDA believes that Dr Marsh has already made a significant impact at EEAST, with the recruitment of 400 additional paramedics expected this year, 147 new ambulances now ordered and a £1 million reduction in management costs, which is being re-invested into the front line.</p><p> </p><p>A search of the Department’s Ministerial correspondence database has not identified any correspondence between the Department and either ambulance trust on these appointments. This search represents correspondence received by the Department’s Ministerial correspondence unit only.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/07/2014 16:08:24 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

78729

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Association of Ambulance Chief Executives
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding and support his Department provides to the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	206557
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE) is an independent organisation set up and run by the ambulance trusts themselves, like the parallel organisations for Police and Fire services.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not directly provide any money or support to the AACE.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/07/2014 16:02:35 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

78730

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the resignation letters from the former chairs of the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (a) Dr Geoffrey Harris and (b) Maria Bell; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	206556
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not hold copies of resignation letters from the former chairs of the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust.</p><p> </p><p>The hon. Member may wish to approach the NHS Trust Development Authority (TDA), which will hold the relevant information. However, the NHS TDA has advised that, as a personal letter, permission would be required before placing this in the public domain in order to meet obligations under the Data Protection Act 1998.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/07/2014 16:00:52 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

78737

registered interest
date	17/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have met Dr Anthony Marsh in the last three years; what the purpose was of such meetings; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	206572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Minister of State (Norman Lamb) has met Dr Anthony Marsh on two occasions in the last three years to discuss the East of England Ambulance Service NHS Trust (EEAST) - 11 June 2013 and 24 January 2014.</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Earl Howe) has met Dr Marsh on the following occasions in the last three years:</p><p> </p><p>- 12 September 2012 at a meeting of the Ministerial Steering Group on Emergency Services Collaboration;</p><p>- 12 October 2012 at a meeting of the National Ambulance Service Network to discuss national issues;</p><p>- 6 November 2012 to discuss the West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Trust;</p><p>- 10 April 2013 to discuss national ambulance policy and Dr Marsh’s review of the governance of EEAST;</p><p>- 30 May 2013 during a visit to EEAST, to discuss Dr Marsh’s review of the governance of EEAST;</p><p>- 11 June 2013 when Earl Howe hosted a meeting for local Members of Parliament to discuss EEAST. Dr Marsh was present at the meeting;</p><p>- 31 October 2013 to discuss national ambulance policy and issues relating to EEAST;</p><p>- 21 January 2014 to discuss winter pressures on ambulance performance nationally, and to provide an update on EEAST actions;</p><p>- 11 February 2014 to discuss EEAST performance with local Members of Parliament;</p><p>- 8 July 2014 to discuss EEAST performance; and</p><p>- 17 July 2014 (via phone call) to discuss national ambulance policy.</p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Dr Daniel Poulter) attended EEAST’s Long Service and Excellence Awards on 9 May 2014 to present awards. Dr Marsh is likely to have been present at the event.</p><p> </p><p>Departmental officials are likely to have been present at the Ministerial meetings. Departmental officials have also met Dr Marsh separately on the following occasions:</p><p> </p><p>- 19 April 2013 (via phone call) to discuss EEAST;</p><p>- 20 November 2013 to discuss EEAST; and</p><p>- 30 June 2014 - Department of Health officials, together with Department for Communities and Local Government officials, facilitated a meeting between the Chief Fire Officers Association and the Association of Ambulance Chief Executives (AACE). Dr Marsh was present at this meeting as Chair of AACE. The meeting focused on progressing co-responding between the fire service and ambulance services across the country.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p>1. Archived diaries for some former ministers cannot be accessed. The list of Ministerial meetings may not therefore be comprehensive.</p><p>2. There is no official record of meetings between Departmental officials and Dr Marsh. The list may not therefore be comprehensive.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 22/07/2014 15:55:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

77829

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by the Law Officers' Departments since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	205965
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Treasury Solicitor’s Department (TSol) does not hold a register of duplicate payments. Appropriate controls are in place to prevent duplicate payments and if any are identified, action is taken to recover overpaid monies. As at 18 July 2014, there are no known unrecovered duplicate payments.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Identification of the value of duplicate payments made by TSol, the Attorney General’s Office and HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate since 2010 would require detailed analysis of accounting and other records which would incur disproportionate cost. However, in the 3 months since April 2014, TSol have identified and recovered duplicate payments with a total value of £13,068 representing 0.05% of the value of payments made during this period.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Available records show that, since April 2010, the Serious Fraud Office has identified and recovered £46,000 in duplicate supplier payments. No other duplicate payments have been identified.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following table shows the value of duplicate payments identified by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) since 2009/10 and the proportion of such payments recovered in each of the last two financial years is presented below.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Duplicate Payments and Recoveries 2009-2014</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>2009/10</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2010/11</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2011/12</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2012/13</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2013/14</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Duplicate payments</p></td><td><p>£135,958</p></td><td><p>£256,803</p></td><td><p>£72,729</p></td><td><p>£91,578</p></td><td><p>£149,124</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Recovered proportion</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p>96.2%</p></td><td><p>98.8%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 22/07/2014 12:14:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

77839

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	205964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not maintain a central register but an analysis of the Departmental financial system and records identified that since 2010, the following duplicate payments were made and recoveries undertaken:</p><p>10/11 nil</p><p>11/12 nil</p><p>12/13 £726 of which all was recovered</p><p>13/14 £1835.40 of which all was recovered</p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 22/07/2014 14:52:08 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

77854

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	205980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2014 answer text <p>Moore Stephens undertook a Spend Recovery Analysis on five years’ worth of HM Treasury data between June 2013 and March 2014. The outcome of the analysis was that there were no duplicate supplier payments identified.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 23/07/2014 08:44:14 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

77896

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	205968
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The value of duplicate supplier payments detected by the Department in each financial year since 2010 was:</p><p> </p><p>Financial Year £</p><p>2010-11 £38,815.22</p><p>2011-12 £17,976.00</p><p>2012-13 NIL</p><p>2013-14 £26,481.10</p><p> </p><p>All of these duplicate payments were detected by the Departments own financial control processes and recovered in full in the same financial year at no cost to the Department.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 22/07/2014 09:11:38 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

77941

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by his Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	205970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department has identified and recovered the whole of two duplicate supplier payments totalling £1,000 in this period.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 22/07/2014 11:55:44 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

77957

registered interest
date	15/07/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Billing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the value is of duplicate supplier payments identified by her Department since 2010; and what proportion of such payments have since been recovered in each of the last two financial years.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Mr Tom Watson
uin	205971
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Core Defra has controls in place to prevent duplicate payments being made to suppliers. These include careful checking of each invoice against evidence of delivery and against any previous payments in respect of the relevant purchase order. External and internal audit reviews of key financial controls have found no evidence of weakness that would lead to duplicate payments. There are also regular reviews of expenditure against budgets which would quickly bring to light unexpected payments and would lead to immediate action for recovery.</p><p> </p><p>Core Defra is carrying out a Spend Recovery Audit, as part of a Cabinet Office initiative on fraud and error which we expect to conclude by Autumn 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 21/07/2014 16:41:33 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest