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767402

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Defibrillators: VAT
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of removing value added tax from community-purchased defibrillators.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	106749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The current legal framework limits the VAT exemptions the Government can apply. The Government does maintain several VAT reliefs to aid purchases of defibrillators. These include VAT refunds of purchases made by local authorities and VAT relief for purchases made through voluntary contributions which are donated to eligible charities or the NHS.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 17/10/2017 11:29:50 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

767563

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Doctors: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many doctors who began work with the NHS in each of the last seven years and (b) what proportion of all NHS doctors are from other EU member states.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	106752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The below table shows details of doctor and nurse joiners to the National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England taken from the NHS Digital Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics.</p><p> </p><p>NHS HCHS: HCHS doctor and nurse joiners to NHS trusts and CCGs in England, between June in each specified year, 2010 to 2017, headcount</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nurses</p></td><td><p>Doctors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2010 to June 2011</p></td><td><p>25,713</p></td><td><p>15,877</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2011 to June 2012</p></td><td><p>24,965</p></td><td><p>16,133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2012 to June 2013</p></td><td><p>29,846</p></td><td><p>16,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2013 to June 2014</p></td><td><p>33,473</p></td><td><p>17,748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014 to June 2015</p></td><td><p>32,693</p></td><td><p>18,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015 to June 2016</p></td><td><p>34,733</p></td><td><p>17,995</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016 to June 2017</p></td><td><p>32,375</p></td><td><p>19,252</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the latest data at 30 June 2017 shows that 9.3% of doctors report their nationality as non-United Kingdom, European Union and 6.8% of nurses report their nationality as non-UK, EU.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 106753 question first answered 17/10/2017 15:52:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

767564

registered interest
date	09/10/2017
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Nurses: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, (a) how many nurses who began work with the NHS in each of the last seven years and (b) what proportion of all NHS nurses are from other other EU member states.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	106753
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2017 answer text <p>The below table shows details of doctor and nurse joiners to the National Health Service trusts and clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England taken from the NHS Digital Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS) workforce statistics.</p><p> </p><p>NHS HCHS: HCHS doctor and nurse joiners to NHS trusts and CCGs in England, between June in each specified year, 2010 to 2017, headcount</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Nurses</p></td><td><p>Doctors</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2010 to June 2011</p></td><td><p>25,713</p></td><td><p>15,877</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2011 to June 2012</p></td><td><p>24,965</p></td><td><p>16,133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2012 to June 2013</p></td><td><p>29,846</p></td><td><p>16,581</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2013 to June 2014</p></td><td><p>33,473</p></td><td><p>17,748</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2014 to June 2015</p></td><td><p>32,693</p></td><td><p>18,024</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2015 to June 2016</p></td><td><p>34,733</p></td><td><p>17,995</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June 2016 to June 2017</p></td><td><p>32,375</p></td><td><p>19,252</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Source: NHS Digital, NHS HCHS workforce statistics.</p><p>NHS Digital publishes workforce statistics and the latest data at 30 June 2017 shows that 9.3% of doctors report their nationality as non-United Kingdom, European Union and 6.8% of nurses report their nationality as non-UK, EU.</p> answering member constituency Ludlow answering member printed Mr Philip Dunne grouped question UIN 106752 question first answered 17/10/2017 15:52:57 answering member 1542 label Biography information for Philip Dunne
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757486

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average number of police responses to calls from people with a mental health issue was in (a) England and (b) West Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>Many police forces have local joint initiatives with health partners to respond to people with mental health issues. For example, approximately 38 police forces in England have access to a Street Triage service – where mental health professionals accompany police officers on patrol and all forces have access to mental health partners who provide advice and support them in dealing with the public. Information on the average number of responses to calls from people with a mental health issue, by the police, is an operational matter for individual police forces and is not held centrally by the Home Office.</p> answering member constituency Ruislip, Northwood and Pinner answering member printed Mr Nick Hurd question first answered 12/09/2017 10:53:46 answering member 1561 label Biography information for Mr Nick Hurd
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

757740

registered interest
date	05/09/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	British Transport Police: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what level of funding the British Transport Police has received to tackle anti-social behaviour on (a) trains and (b) trains stations in (i) West Yorkshire and (ii) England.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Thelma Walker
uin	8664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>As the British Transport Police (BTP) receives its funding from individual train operators it is not possible to provide the information requested. However, BTP’s C division, which covers West Yorkshire, has a specific commitment in its policing plan to prevent anti-social behaviour.</p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 12/09/2017 14:05:57 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4649 label Biography information for Thelma Walker

514412

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Military Decorations
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the estimated cost is of introducing a National Defence medal; and what plans his Department has to reconsider the award of a National Defence medal.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	34745
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2016 answer text <p>An independent review undertaken by Sir John Holmes estimated the costs of producing a national defence medal to be £475million. This was based on an approximate figure of 7 million recipients who had completed four years of regular or Reserve Service, or completed national service (back to 9 September 1945), and 100% take up. There are no current plans to reconsider the award of the National Defence Medal.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 25/04/2016 10:39:16 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

451007

registered interest
date	05/02/2016
answering body	Ministry of Defence
answering dept id	11
answering dept short name	Defence
answering dept sort name	Defence
hansard heading	Dennis Copping
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will make representations to the Egyptian government on the possibility of submitting human remains found in the Western Desert in 2012 if still in existence to new DNA tests to compare them with DNA samples provided by the family of Flight Sergeant Dennis Copping whose aeroplane crashed in the Sahara on 28 June 1942.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	26063
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>Rigorous DNA tests undertaken by the Egyptian authorities at our behest some three years ago were unable to provide viable DNA samples due to the age and degradation of the human remains found. There are no plans to undertake new DNA tests.</p> answering member constituency Milton Keynes North answering member printed Mark Lancaster question first answered 11/02/2016 16:23:42 answering member 1544 label Biography information for Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

447916

registered interest
date	26/01/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Mental Health Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if his Department will change local authority public health team regulations to ensure that (a) public mental health no longer falls under the heading of miscellaneous and (b) there is parity of esteem between physical and mental health in the activity of such teams.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	24286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2016 answer text <p>We accept entirely the centrality of mental health and wellbeing to public health and the need for parity of esteem across health services. While it is right for local authorities (LAs) to determine their own local priorities and account to their own electorates, the Department’s Public Health Outcomes Framework – which defines areas for improvement across the public health system, and to which LAs must have regard – includes a number of indicators that relate directly to mental health. Public Health England collects and publishes LA-level data for all these indicators and will continue to support and advise LAs on the evidence base for effective mental health interventions.</p><p> </p><p>We have no plans to require LAs to report spending on public mental health. LAs’ public health functions cover a wide range of activity, and it is important for central government to limit its demands for information from local government to a minimum. LAs would also be unable to disaggregate their spending on, for example, a drug or alcohol misuse service in order to isolate a sum that could be attributed purely to the mental health aspect of the service.</p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 03/02/2016 16:10:14 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

385852

registered interest
date	25/06/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Transplant Surgery: Intensive Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the number of intensive care unit beds in the UK on the number of transplants that per capita the NHS can provide.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	4312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2015 answer text <p>NHS Blood and Transplant launched a new United Kingdom-wide organ donation and transplantation strategy in July 2013. <em>Taking Organ Transplantation to 2020</em> sets out the action necessary to increase organ donation and transplant rates building on the significant increase in donor and transplant rates since 2008. It is vital that all potential donors are identified and referred to the specialist donation team. The strategy recognises that commissioners should keep the demand for intensive care beds under review to ensure that intensive care capacity is not a barrier to donation.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>There were 10.6 adult critical care, paediatric intensive care and neonatal intensive care beds per 100,000 population in England in May 2015. The numbers of such beds in the rest of the United Kingdom is a matter for the devolved administrations.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison grouped question UIN 4316 question first answered 03/07/2015 11:48:51 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney

384398

registered interest
date	19/06/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Entry Clearances: Iraq
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from the Kurdistan Region in Iraq (a) applied for and (b) were refused entry clearance to the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Colne Valley
tabling member printed	Jason McCartney
uin	3343
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2015 answer text <p>The most recent figures available from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 show A) the number of Entry Clearance applications made via the Visa Application Centre in Erbil, Iraq to be 2,895 and B) the number of refusals 1,600.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 25/06/2015 15:48:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	3953 label Biography information for Jason McCartney