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170442

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Ambulance Services: Greater London
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 adequacy of the number of London Ambulance Service front-line staff in (a) London and (b) Enfield; and how many front-line staff there were in (i) each of the last five years and (ii) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Enfield North
tabling member printed	Nick de Bois
uin	218654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The information is not available in the format requested. London ambulance service (LAS) does not operate on a borough by borough geographical basis and patients in Enfield are clinically assessed and attended by the ambulance crew that can reach them most quickly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Numbers of frontline staff* in post in the Edmonton Complex (which includes Chase Farm, Ponders End, Edmonton, Tottenham and Bounds Green ambulance stations) in the most recent years for which figures are available are shown in the following table. Numbers of frontline staff in post across London in each of the most recent five years are also shown in the following table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Edmonton (WTE)</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>IN POST</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>138</p></td><td><p>145</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BUDGET</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>n/a</p></td><td><p>132</p></td><td><p>152</p></td><td><p>189</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total LAS (WTE)</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>IN POST</p></td><td><p>2,956</p></td><td><p>2,893</p></td><td><p>2,753</p></td><td><p>2,652</p></td><td><p>2,647</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BUDGET</p></td><td><p>3,030</p></td><td><p>2,972</p></td><td><p>2,872</p></td><td><p>3,012</p></td><td><p>3,056</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>*’frontline staff’ includes all paramedic and non-paramedic grades that work on frontline crews.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>WTE= whole time equivalent</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/12/2014 17:18:53 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4002 label Biography information for Nick de Bois

170440

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Drugs
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 effect of re-evaluating the Cancer Drugs Fund list on breast cancer patients.
tabling member constituency	Brigg and Goole
tabling member printed	Andrew Percy
uin	218764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the Answer I gave the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) on 16 December 2014 to Question <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2014-12-09/217858/" target="_blank">217858</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 18/12/2014 17:34:50 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy

170454

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Breast Cancer: Drugs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) associates network about how to remove barriers to implementing NICE familial breast cancer guidance on the use of tamoxifen and raloxifene for women at high risk of breast cancer.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	218687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department has asked the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to seek feedback from its associates network about progress made in implementing the 2013 updated clinical guideline on prevention of familial breast cancer and for information about any challenges they have encountered with implementation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 18/12/2014 17:37:27 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

170409

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Cancer
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average wait from referral to treatment is for patients categorised as urgent who are not on the two-week cancer pathway.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	218831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The information is not collected in the format requested.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>NHS England collects and publishes monthly data on referral to treatment (RTT) consultant-led waiting times. These include information on the average (median) time waited by patients who started treatment during the month. Information is collected on all elective patients on an RTT pathway, and does not identify those patients who have been categorised as ‘urgent’. Patients on an RTT pathway may also be on a cancer pathway but this also cannot be identified in RTT data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/12/2014 17:19:47 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

170446

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Clinical Commissioning Groups
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which board members of each clinical commissioning group have a financial interest in healthcare providers.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	218627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally. The Health and Social Care Act 2012 sets out clear requirements of clinical commissioning groups to make arrangements in their constitutions for managing conflicts of interest, to ensure the transparency and integrity of their decision-making processes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/12/2014 17:21:56 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

170522

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Courts: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215302, whether he plans to commission external (a) consultants and (b) accountants to plan the five year investment.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	218841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The Reform Programme is led by officials in HMCTS, but will draw on specialist external resource where necessary, to allow the department to effectively plan and deliver the programme. This will ensure that we deliver the best possible value for money from the investment, on behalf of the taxpayer.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 18/12/2014 17:31:06 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

170429

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Drugs: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 December 2014 to Question 216943, whether he plans to include issues related to off-patent drugs in the Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	218729
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The terms of reference of the Innovative Medicines and MedTech Review are still being developed. As set out in a Written Ministerial Statement on 20 November 2014, we expect this to focus on the most innovative medicines, devices and diagnostics which would include innovative use of existing medicine. Where appropriate this may cover off patent medicines, but final decisions on scope have not yet been taken. A link to the statement is provided:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/November%202014/20%20November/2-Health-InnovativeMedicines.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/documents/commons-vote-office/November%202014/20%20November/2-Health-InnovativeMedicines.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 18/12/2014 17:35:55 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

170314

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Flanagan Group
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the contribution by the Exchequer Secretary, of 4 December 2014, Official Report, column 518, on the FCA redress scheme, if he will investigate the case of the Flanagan Group in Liverpool, Walton constituency.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Steve Rotheram
uin	218619
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Financial Conduct Authority is best placed to consider individual cases. As such, I have recently written to the FCA requesting that the cases raised in the debate on 4 December are considered as part of the wider lessons learnt exercise that the FCA will be undertaking shortly.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 18/12/2014 17:32:33 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
tabling member	4035 label Biography information for Steve Rotheram

170427

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	HIV Infection
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what funding has been agreed for the HIV prevention programme for how many years following the end of the current contract; on what basis the future of that programme was decided; what consultation process was undertaken; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	218755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Department awarded the Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) a contract totalling £6.7 million over three years for HIV prevention for those groups at increased risk. The contract will end in March 2015 and we are currently in discussions with THT about extending their contract for a further year for 2015-16. Spending decisions beyond 2015-16 will be considered as part of the next Spending Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/12/2014 17:31:31 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

170418

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Health Professions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the ratio of (a) acute, elderly and general nurses to acute, elderly and general nurses health care assistants and (b) all qualified nurses to health care assistants was in each year since 2009-10.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	218830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>The Health and Social Care Information Centre publish monthly workforce statistics and the latest available data for September 2014 shows that compared to May 2010, there are now 3,355 more nurses, midwives and health visiting staff, and 7,749 more staff providing support to doctors and nurses, working in the National Health Service in England.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Support to clinical staff is not undertaken solely by healthcare assistants. There are other staff that provide similar support, such as nursing auxiliaries and support workers. These staff support both doctors and nurses; it is not possible to separately identify those that provide support only to nurses.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The ratio of nurses working in the acute, elderly and general (A,E and G) area of work to the numbers of the support to doctors and nurses staff group that work in the A,E and G area of work is included in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Similarly, the ratio of the total numbers of the nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff group to the numbers of the support to doctors and nurses staff group is included in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 18/12/2014 17:39:41 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison attachment 1 file name Ratio of qualified nursing staff to support to doctors and nursing staff group.xlsx title Qualified nurses to support staff ratio
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne