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105957

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Dementia
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which Ministers have become dementia friends; and on what date they became a dementia friend.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	212899
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>Five Department of Health Ministers are Dementia Friends. The Secretary of State for Health became a Dementia Friend on 18 March 2014. I became a Dementia Friend on 18 April 2013, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Quality (Earl Howe) became a Dementia Friend on 11 November 2013, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Life Sciences (George Freeman) became a Dementia Friend on 14 January 2014 and Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health (Jane Ellison) became a Dementia Friend on 6 November 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Dr Daniel Poulter), is a practising National Health Service doctor, who has cared for patients with dementia and received extensive dementia awareness training as part of his medical training.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb question first answered 06/11/2014 17:27:59 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

91022

registered interest
date	08/09/2014
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, how much was spent on cancer services per capita in (a) real terms and (b) cash terms in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	208470
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is shown in the following table:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Estimated expenditure on cancer services<sup>1</sup>, 2008-09 to 2012-13, in 2012-13 prices<sup>2</sup></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>Cancers and tumours total (£billions)</p></td><td><p>Per capita (£)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Real terms</p></td><td><p>Cash Terms</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>5.28</p></td><td><p>4.84</p></td><td><p>94.55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>5.91</p></td><td><p>5.57</p></td><td><p>107.12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>5.69</p></td><td><p>5.50</p></td><td><p>104.95</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>5.57</p></td><td><p>5.50</p></td><td><p>104.52</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>5.68</p></td><td><p>5.68</p></td><td><p>107.21</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p><em>Sources:</em></p><p> </p><p>Programme budgeting data, NHS England</p><p> </p><p>Reference costs, Department of Health</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><em>Notes:</em></p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>Continual refinements have been made to the programme budgeting data calculation methodology since the first collection in 2003-04. The underlying data which support programme budgeting data are also subject to yearly changes. Programme budgeting data should therefore not be used to analyse changes in investment in specific service areas between years.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>These figures have been calculated using published Aggregate Primary Care Trust Programme Budgeting Data and the gross domestic product deflator, as published at 29 March 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Battersea answering member printed Jane Ellison question first answered 11/09/2014 14:10:11 answering member 3918 label Biography information for Jane Ellison
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

65337

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	General Practitioners
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places for general practice in each region were (a) commissioned and (b) filled in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	203551
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department set up Health Education England (HEE) to deliver a better healthcare workforce for England. HEE is responsible for ensuring a secure workforce supply for the future balancing need against demand, taking into account factors such as the age profile of the existing workforce, the impact of technology, and new drugs.</p><p> </p><p>The attached table sets out the number of training places for General Practice that were commissioned and filled for each of the last five years on a regional basis.</p><p> </p><p>It should be noted that the figure for 2014 represents figures for the year to date. A further recruitment round is planned by HEE in the autumn.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Central Suffolk and North Ipswich answering member printed Dr Daniel Poulter question first answered 07/07/2014 15:23:03 answering member 3932 label Biography information for Dr Dan Poulter attachment 1 file name Table for PQ203551.docx title Table for PQ203551
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

65623

registered interest
date	02/07/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Crown Prosecution Service
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, what progress the Crown Prosecution Service has made in reducing costs.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	904723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>In 2010-11, the baseline year for the current Comprehensive Spending Review Period, the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS) gross resource expenditure was £684,725,000.</p><p>The department is on target to meet its cost reduction plans through to 2015-16 and in 2013-14 the uncertified Annual Accounts report gross resource expenditure of £616,342,000, a reduction of £68,383,000, or 10%, in cash terms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Beaconsfield answering member printed Mr Dominic Grieve question first answered 08/07/2014 14:21:37 answering member 16 label Biography information for Mr Dominic Grieve
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64692

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Retirement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average retirement age was for teachers in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	202996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The average age at which teachers in publicly-funded schools in England drew their retirement benefits in every year between 2008-09 and 2012-13 was 59.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:47:11 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64698

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers: Qualifications
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the number of children who are taught by unqualified teachers.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	203012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:03:56 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64699

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of newly qualified teachers were still teaching three years after completing their qualifications in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	203011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2014 answer text <p>The information that the Department for Education holds will be published in late July as additional tables to the Statistical First Release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2013', which is available here:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 07/07/2014 14:46:39 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws previous answer version 8035 answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64700

registered interest
date	30/06/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Teachers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of retention rates of qualified teachers.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	203007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Education will publish statistics on teacher retention in late July as additional tables to the Statistical First Release ‘School Workforce in England, November 2013', which is available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/school-workforce-in-england-november-2013</a></p> answering member constituency Yeovil answering member printed Mr David Laws question first answered 03/07/2014 16:05:43 answering member 1473 label Biography information for Mr David Laws
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

63989

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	NHS: Mergers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the (a) Competition Commission and (b) Office of Fair Trading spent on assessing mergers in the NHS in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	202460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Competition Commission's (CC's) inquiry into the proposed merger between Royal Bournemouth and Christchurch Hospitals Foundation Trust and Poole Hospital Foundation Trust, which was concluded in 2013/14, was the Commission's only assessment of an NHS Foundation Trust merger. The cost of this inquiry was £710,000, which includes the cost of the staff on the inquiry amounting to £639,000 and direct costs of £71,000 (including survey costs).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) did not collect specific information on the resources used in considering mergers involving NHS Foundation Trusts. However, the average approximate cost involved in scrutiny of a merger by the OFT was £20,000; in total, the OFT considered four mergers involving NHS Foundation Trusts in 2012-13 and 2013-14, of which only one was referred for further scrutiny by the CC.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Dunbartonshire answering member printed Jo Swinson question first answered 30/06/2014 16:26:17 answering member 1513 label Biography information for Jo Swinson
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

64866

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Administration of Justice
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps his Department is taking to promote access to justice.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	904587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p /> <p>The Government's overall reform programme to promote access to justice aims to deliver a simpler justice system that is more accessible to the public; limit the scope for inappropriate litigation and the involvement of lawyers in issues which do not need legal input; and support people in resolving their disputes through simpler, more informal remedies.</p> answering member constituency North West Cambridgeshire answering member printed Mr Shailesh Vara question first answered 01/07/2014 12:24:59 answering member 1496 label Biography information for Shailesh Vara
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams