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862041

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date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish the PFI payments made by Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust relating to (a) capital costs and (b) service payments for each year since 2015.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	132460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The capital cost and Unitary Charge payments for the new Queen’s Hospital (formerly Oldchurch hospital in Romford), for each year since financial year since 2015/16, are provided in the table below. The data is from the 2016 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) data summary sheet on the HM Treasury’s website. The Unitary Charge revenue payment figures include not just the financing costs (debt repayment and interest) for initial construction but also the costs of all the other services such as building maintenance and support services (cleaning, catering, portering etc) provided over the lifetime of the contract. The payments are subject to meeting agreed performance and quality standards and include an annual uprate assumption for inflation.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Capital Value (£ m)</p></td><td><p>Unitary Charge Payment 2015-16 (£ m)</p></td><td><p>Estimated Unitary Charge Payment 2016-17 (£ m)</p></td><td><p>Estimated Unitary Charge Payment 2017-18 (£ m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>266.0</p></td><td><p>57.2</p></td><td><p>58.5</p></td><td><p>59.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further information relating to all PFI projects in the National Health Service and social care in England, including that for the new Queen’s Hospital, is available on the HM Treasury’s website, via:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2016-summary-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2016-summary-data</a></p><p>The health sector schemes are marked “Department of Health” and then “DH-Acute (i.e. Hospitals)”. The new Oldchurch Hospital has ID number 284.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 19/03/2018 17:33:21 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

862042

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust: Private Finance Initiative
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of PFI payments to made by the Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust over the next two decades.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	132461
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2018 answer text <p>The Unitary Charge payments for the new Queen’s Hospital (formerly Oldchurch hospital in Romford), for each year over the next two decades and up until the final payment in financial year 2039-40, are provided in the table below.</p><p> </p><p>The data is from the 2016 Private Finance Initiative (PFI) data summary sheet on the Treasury’s website. The Unitary Charge revenue payment figures include not just the financing costs (debt repayment and interest) for initial construction but also the costs of all the other services such as building maintenance and support services (cleaning, catering, portering etc.) provided over the lifetime of the contract. The payments are subject to meeting agreed performance and quality standards and include an annual uprate assumption for inflation.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Estimated Unitary Charge Payment (£ million)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017-18</p></td><td><p>59.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>60.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>62.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2020-21</p></td><td><p>63.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2021-22</p></td><td><p>64.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2022-23</p></td><td><p>66.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2023-24</p></td><td><p>68.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2024-25</p></td><td><p>69.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2025-26</p></td><td><p>71.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2026-27</p></td><td><p>73.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2027-28</p></td><td><p>75.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2028-29</p></td><td><p>77.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2029-30</p></td><td><p>78.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2030-31</p></td><td><p>80.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2031-32</p></td><td><p>82.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2032-33</p></td><td><p>85.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2033-34</p></td><td><p>87.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2034-35</p></td><td><p>89.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2035-36</p></td><td><p>91.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2036-37</p></td><td><p>93.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2037-38</p></td><td><p>96.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2038-39</p></td><td><p>98.6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2039-40</p></td><td><p>80.0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Further information relating to all PFI projects in the National Health Service and social care in England, including that for the new Queen’s Hospital, is available on the Treasury’s website, via:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2016-summary-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/private-finance-initiative-and-private-finance-2-projects-2016-summary-data</a></p><p> </p><p>The health sector schemes are marked “Department of Health” and then “DH-Acute (i.e. Hospitals)”. The new Queen’s Hospital has I.D number 284.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 21/03/2018 12:09:19 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

862043

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Regulatory Futures Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to Pages 7 and 8 of his Department's document, entitled Regulatory Futures Review, published in January 2017, whether his Department received such a report from a working group regulators.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	132462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>The Regulatory Futures Review recommended that a Working Group should be formed and should report to regulators. This has happened.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/03/2018 11:58:46 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

862045

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Tourism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, how many domestic trips for the purpose of visiting friends and relatives were made in England in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff West
tabling member printed	Kevin Brennan
uin	132464
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Data held by VisitBritain shows that between January and November of 2017, domestic visits to friends and relatives accounted for 31.1m visits made in England and during these visits, £3.4bn was spent.</p> answering member constituency Northampton North answering member printed Michael Ellis question first answered 19/03/2018 16:47:58 answering member 4116 label Biography information for Sir Michael Ellis
tabling member	1400 label Biography information for Kevin Brennan

862047

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Trusts: Hygiene
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reasons the deadline of the end of 2017 for Public Health England to publish data on hand gel usage in NHS trusts has not been met.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132466
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>We recognise the importance of this ambition. Public Health England (PHE) has carried out some initial analysis with available data, however, currently the data is incomplete and would not give a true reflection of usage of hand gel.</p><p>The Department is continuing to work with PHE and NHS Improvement to determine methods to obtain hand gel data and produce a hand hygiene indicator underlying the critical link between hygiene and infection prevention.</p><p>Preventing infections is a priority for the Secretary of State and the Department published a revised code of practice setting good practice on hand hygiene compliance and strengthened the Infection Prevention and Control and antimicrobial stewardship framework for healthcare providers. The Department is also working with our partners across the health and social care system, including the Care Quality Commission, to ensure that consideration of best practice in hand hygiene policies remains a focus of inspections in acute trusts.</p> answering member constituency Gosport answering member printed Caroline Dinenage question first answered 19/03/2018 17:54:39 answering member 4008 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Dinenage
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

862050

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Zimbabwe: Emigration
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the Zimbabwean diaspora in the UK to return to Zimbabwe.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	132469
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>The Foreign and Commonwealth Office regularly meets representatives from the Zimbabwean diaspora to discuss the situation in Zimbabwe.</p><p>The UK continues to call for free and fair elections and has called on the Zimbabwean Government to forge a new path free from oppression and misrule and to deliver a full programme of political and economic reform.</p> answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin question first answered 20/03/2018 17:45:51 answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin previous answer version 48369 answering member constituency West Worcestershire answering member printed Harriett Baldwin answering member 4107 label Biography information for Dame Harriett Baldwin
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

862051

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Engineering: Vocational Guidance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps the Government is taking to raise awareness of engineering as a career among secondary school pupils.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	132470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>To ensure young people have the skills needed for jobs in engineering we are investing in programmes to increase the take-up of mathematics, by incentivising schools using the recently launched advanced mathematics premium. We are also supporting better teaching of mathematics, physics and computing in schools, including a new £84 million programme to improve computing teaching.</p><p> </p><p>We are improving careers advice in schools – including ensuring that pupils are exposed to science, technology, engineering and mathematics jobs. These encounters with employers and apprenticeships are now built into school career programmes since we have updated the school and college statutory guidance.</p><p> </p><p>Engineering and all it brings is at the heart of economic success and provides exciting opportunities of fulfilling careers. This year we are running a cross-government, national campaign - the ‘Year of Engineering’ – which aims to raise the profile of engineering among 7 to 16 year olds and widening the pool of young people that consider engineering as a career.</p> answering member constituency Guildford answering member printed Anne Milton question first answered 19/03/2018 17:55:34 answering member 1523 label Biography information for Anne Milton
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

862053

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Property Services: Privatisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what recent discussions he has had on (a) complete and (b) partial privatisation of the National Health Service's Property Services.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	132472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s response to the Naylor Review on the National Health Service Estate confirmed that it has chosen not to change the existing NHS property companies at the current time. NHS Property Services Ltd and Community Health Partnerships Ltd will continue to be limited companies 100% owned by the Secretary of State for Health, to whom they are accountable. The companies will continue to provide the asset ownership and management, facilities management and financing functions that they offer currently.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 19/03/2018 17:24:38 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

862054

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	NHS Property Services: West Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the NHS Property Services' (a) agreements and (b) completion dates for the delivery of building works at (i) Sidney West in West Sussex, (ii) Horsham Hospital and (iii) Crawley Hospital.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	132473
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not routinely hold information on individual NHS Property Services’ agreements/projects, however the company reports on the progress on the delivery of building works at Sidney West in West Sussex, Horsham Hospital and Crawley Hospital as follows:</p><p>Sidney West Primary Care Centre, Burgess Hill</p><p>An £800,000 programme of fitout works, including diagnostics, x-ray and consulting rooms, has been agreed in principle with the Clinical Commissioning Group and prospective service provider. NHS Property Services has been negotiating with the landlords around consent for the scheme and hardstanding for an external (portable) Magnetic Resonance Imaging scanner for the past year. Negotiations are ongoing, and NHS Property Services has recently developed an alternative option for the scanner location. Assuming lease negotiations can be concluded in the next couple of months, we anticipate that works could start on-site in the summer of 2018.</p><p>Horsham Hospital</p><p>- The musculoskeletal project, including works to the hydrotherapy and gym, completed in December 2016; and</p><p>- A £1.2 million, two-phase programme of works to roofs, heating and windows was completed in late 2017. A further package of external fabric and infrastructure works, expected to cost circa £800,000, is expected to commence in 2018.</p><p>Crawley Hospital</p><p>- The £3.97 million Piper (Sub-acute) ward refurbishment at Crawley commenced in August 2016 and was completed in December 2016;</p><p>- The £4.53 million Urgent Care Centre refurbishment at Crawley commenced in early 2016 and, following some customer-requested design revisions and phasing changes, was completed in June 2017;</p><p>- Phase One of a £6 million Infrastructure project at Crawley, including fire protection enhancements, generator and chilled water upgrades, began in January 2016 and ended in March 2017. Phase Two of this project is currently in the early stages of design and is programmed to commence in Q2 2018; and</p><p>- A feasibility study and outline design for the relocation of the Child Development Centre was completed at the end of 2017. Our capital budget plans for financial year 2018/19 include £3.1 million allocation for this project.</p><p>Over the past 24 months over £12 million has been invested into Crawley by NHS Property Services, with a further investment of £6 million planned over the next 18 months.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay question first answered 19/03/2018 17:31:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

862055

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Regulatory Futures Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, with reference to paragraph 7.4 of his Department's report, Regulatory Futures Review, published in January 2017, what proportion of arms-length bodies with regulatory functions operate under a full cost-recovery model.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	132474
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2018 answer text <p>Approximately half of the regulators covered by the Regulatory Futures report operate a full cost recovery model.</p> answering member constituency Norwich North answering member printed Chloe Smith question first answered 22/03/2018 12:09:43 answering member 1609 label Biography information for Chloe Smith
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett