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511400

registered interest
date	12/04/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many regulatory bodies there are in the health sector; and what the direct annual cost to his Department is of running each such body.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	33623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/04/2016 answer text <p>The regulatory bodies in the health sector are listed in the table below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Arm’s Length Body (ALB) /Executive Agency (EA) Regulatory Bodies [1]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Care Quality Commission</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health Research Authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Fertilisation &amp; Embryology Authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Tissue Authority</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>NHS Improvement [2]</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Other Bodies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Professional Regulatory Bodies</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Chiropractic Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Dental Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Medical Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Optical Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Osteopathic Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>General Pharmaceutical Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Health &amp; Care Professions Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nursing &amp; Midwifery Councils</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pharmaceutical Society of Northern Ireland</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The funding provided via Parliamentary funding or Grant in Aid for 2013/14 and 2014/15 for the ALB/EA regulatory bodies and the Professional Standards Authority is attached. Data for 2015/16 is not yet available.</p><p>The professional regulatory bodies are independent of government and there is no direct cost to the Government because they are funded through the registrants’ fees.</p><p> </p><p>[1] As defined in the Cabinet Office’s Categories of Public bodies: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/80075/Categories_of_public_bodies_Dec12.pdf</p><p>[2] From 1 April 2016, NHS Improvement is the operational name for an organisation that brings together Monitor and NHS Trust Development Authority.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 18/04/2016 16:21:11 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer attachment 1 file name PQ33623 - Government funding table.xlsx title Regulatory bodies in the health sector
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

479040

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
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	Sign Language
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of the devolution of skills policy to local authorities on the development of British Sign Language and sign language interpreting skills.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	31401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business Innovation and Skills supports British Sign Language (BSL), lip reading and managing hearing loss provision in England through the Adult Education Budget. Providers receive funding for this provision as they do for all other courses.</p><p><strong><em> </em></strong></p><p>In the academic year 2018/19, subject to readiness conditions being met, we intend to devolve the Adult Education Budget to certain Combined Authorities which have signed devolution deals[1]. In such areas, subject to necessary Orders being passed by Parliament, functions relating to the Adult Education Budget will transfer to the Combined Authority. The Combined Authority will assume responsibility for commissioning adult education provision, including in relation to BSL and sign language as it judges appropriate to meet local needs. Some providers, including Specialist Designated Institutions, are currently funded nationally. Their post-devolution funding arrangements will be confirmed in the coming months.</p><p> </p><p>Skills provision in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland is a devolved matter and the assessment and adequacy of BSL provision is the responsibility of the devolved administrations.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>[1] To date, deals have been agreed with: Sheffield City Region; Liverpool City Region; West Midlands; North East; Tees Valley; Greater Manchester; Greater Lincolnshire; East Anglia; West of England</p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 30/03/2016 13:00:19 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 52567 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

479187

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Hearing Impairment: Screening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to implement an adult hearing screening programme; and if he will recommend to the National Screening Committee that it undertakes a public health campaign on deafness and hearing loss.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	31400
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The UK National Screening Committee recommended in 2015 that screening for hearing loss in adults should not be offered because:</p><p> </p><p>- although hearing loss in older adults is a serious public health problem the evidence is too limited to establish the type of screening test to be used, the severity of hearing loss to target, the age of the population to be screened and the frequency of screening;</p><p>- uncertainty on the effectiveness of the long term use of hearing aids and on the effectiveness of additional interventions aimed at improving the duration of hearing aid use; and</p><p>- the absence of randomised controlled trials of screening in the general population. Screening has not been shown to provide any hearing related improvement in quality of life in comparison to hearing loss identified in other ways.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently no plans by Public Health England to run an awareness campaign on adult hearing loss.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/03/2016 17:40:40 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

479188

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department permits GP practices to require patients to have a telephone consultation prior to seeing a GP.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	31342
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>There is no central guidance to general practitioner (GP) practices on waiting times for telephone consultations.</p><p> </p><p>GPs can conduct telephone consultations with patients if they feel it is appropriate to do so. This could remove the need for the patient to go on to have a face to face consultation, however, it is for the GP to use his or her clinical judgement to decide if and when a face to face consultation should take place, and for the patient to decide if they wish to attend.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to improving access to GP consultations and the Prime Minister’s GP Access Fund encourages practices in the schemes to use innovative methods to provide appointments to patients.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 31166 31179 question first answered 21/03/2016 17:38:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

479266

registered interest
date	16/03/2016
answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
answering dept id	29
answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
hansard heading	Department for Work and Pensions: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether it is his Department's practice for staff not to action correspondence until six weeks after receipt; and if he will take steps to ensure that priority is given to correspondence remaining not actioned after four weeks.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	31348
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>Ministers aim to reply to correspondence from hon. Members within twenty working days. This also applies where officials are replying to correspondence to Ministers from members of the public.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 21/03/2016 16:30:49 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

475641

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
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	Sewers: Rain
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy to require utilities companies, highways authorities and developers to ensure that new drainage and sewerage systems have sufficient capacity to accommodate the rainfall volume experienced on 26 December 2015.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	31076
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>In March, the Government published ‘Enabling resilience in the water sector’ (see: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/water-sector-improving-long-term-resilience" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/water-sector-improving-long-term-resilience</a>) which sets out our expectation that sewerage companies will show leadership in working with the wide range of actors with an impact on drainage systems to assess future pressures and will undertake the necessary long-term planning and investment to meet their duties.</p><p>Under section 94 of the Water Industry Act 1991, a sewerage company has a duty to provide a sewerage service so as to effectually drain its area. This duty does not mean that sewerage companies must prevent sewer flooding in all circumstances as it would not be practicable to build sewers to a capacity necessary to cope with the additional load of extreme rainfall events.</p><p>Working in partnership with other risk management authorities, water companies also have a wider role to play in flood risk management including helping manage the risks associated with very heavy rainfall and flash flooding. They must exercise their flood risk management functions in a way which is consistent with national and local flood risk management strategies.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 21/03/2016 15:24:58 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

475744

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has issued guidance to GP practices on waiting times for patients seeking telephone consultation appointments.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	31166
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>There is no central guidance to general practitioner (GP) practices on waiting times for telephone consultations.</p><p> </p><p>GPs can conduct telephone consultations with patients if they feel it is appropriate to do so. This could remove the need for the patient to go on to have a face to face consultation, however, it is for the GP to use his or her clinical judgement to decide if and when a face to face consultation should take place, and for the patient to decide if they wish to attend.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to improving access to GP consultations and the Prime Minister’s GP Access Fund encourages practices in the schemes to use innovative methods to provide appointments to patients.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 31179 31342 question first answered 21/03/2016 17:38:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

475750

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners: Telephone Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department has issued on the length of time a patient should expect to wait between a telephone consultation taking place and being given an appointment to see their GP.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	31179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>There is no central guidance to general practitioner (GP) practices on waiting times for telephone consultations.</p><p> </p><p>GPs can conduct telephone consultations with patients if they feel it is appropriate to do so. This could remove the need for the patient to go on to have a face to face consultation, however, it is for the GP to use his or her clinical judgement to decide if and when a face to face consultation should take place, and for the patient to decide if they wish to attend.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is committed to improving access to GP consultations and the Prime Minister’s GP Access Fund encourages practices in the schemes to use innovative methods to provide appointments to patients.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 31166 31342 question first answered 21/03/2016 17:38:44 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

459286

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
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	Education: Hearing Impairment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what change there has been to the number of deaf people achieving further and higher education qualifications in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	30611
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) collects and publishes information on students enrolled at Higher Education Institutions (HEIs). The number of Higher Education qualifications achieved by deaf or hearing-impaired students at HEIs in England in the past five years is presented in the table:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Qualifications Achieved by Deaf or Hearing-Impaired Students by Academic Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>English Higher Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Academic Years 2010/11 to 2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qualifications Achieved</p></td><td><p>1,445</p></td><td><p>1,570</p></td><td><p>1,520</p></td><td><p>1,430</p></td><td><p>1,295</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Source: BIS Analysis of HESA Student Record</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 5</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(2) Deafness and hearing-impairment based on self-declaration by the student</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Skills Funding Agency (SFA) collects and publishes information on learners achieving Further Education and Skills qualifications. The number of FE and Skills qualifications achieved by deaf or hearing-impaired learners at Further Education Colleges in England in the past five years is presented in the table:</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Qualifications Achieved by Deaf or Hearing-Impaired Students by Academic Year</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>English Further Education Institutions</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Academic Years 2010/11 to 2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academic Year</p></td><td><p>2010/11</p></td><td><p>2011/12</p></td><td><p>2012/13</p></td><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>2014/15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Qualifications Achieved</p></td><td><p>20,690</p></td><td><p>20,720</p></td><td><p>23,850</p></td><td><p>23,990</p></td><td><p>21,530</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="6"><p>Source: Skills Funding Agency Individualised Learner Record</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Notes:</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p>(1) Figures have been rounded to the nearest multiple of 10</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5"><p>(2) Deafness and hearing-impairment based on self-declaration by the learner</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 21/03/2016 15:17:51 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone previous answer version 51587 answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

459416

registered interest
date	10/03/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidelines are issued to providers of NHS services on marketing of NHS services alongside private services.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	30609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>A code of practice for the promotion of National Health Service-funded services was published in March 2008 and no further guidance has been produced since then. With regard to use of the NHS Trademark (logo) the NHS Identity guidelines:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nhsidentity.nhs.uk" target="_blank">www.nhsidentity.nhs.uk</a></p><p> </p><p>set out how the NHS Trademark can and cannot be used.</p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 15/03/2016 16:24:30 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper