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857659

registered interest
date	08/03/2018
answering body	Church Commissioners
answering dept id	9
answering dept short name	Church Commissioners
answering dept sort name	Church Commissioners
hansard heading	Churches: Infrastructure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Meriden, representing the Church Commissioners, what funding is available for church infrastructure projects.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	904239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The Church Commissioners provide financial and administrative support to cathedrals and dioceses. It is up to each self-governing church or cathedral to raise funds for development projects, and the National Church Institutions provide advice and support.</p><p>The changing priorities and declining budget of the Heritage Lottery Fund is a matter of concern, as this is where much fundraising money comes from; officers at national level continue to work with the Heritage Lottery Fund on the specific issues churches face. The HLF is currently reviewing its strategic priorities and I would encourage all Hon. members to consider sending in a response, making the importance of churches as community assets clear.</p><p>The Church of England has been in discussions with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport and HM Treasury about the current underspend of the Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme, realocating the underspend would enable the Church to deliver a number of the recommendations in the Taylor Review.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Meriden answering member printed Dame Caroline Spelman question first answered 08/03/2018 14:53:55 answering member 312 label Biography information for Dame Caroline Spelman
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852650

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Hospitals: Parking
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 number of NHS hospitals in England which have introduced free parking or concessionary rates for staff who car-share since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles</a></p><p> </p><p>Hospitals should put concessions in place for those who most need help including disabled people, carers and staff who work shifts. The NHS itself is responsible for ensuring that charges are fairly applied. Patients, visitors and staff who have problems with car parking should therefore contact the NHS organisation which runs the car park.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130647 130650 130651 130652 130653 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852651

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Hospitals: Parking
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 number of NHS hospitals in England which prioritise parking for staff whose daily duties require them to travel by car.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles</a></p><p> </p><p>Hospitals should put concessions in place for those who most need help including disabled people, carers and staff who work shifts. The NHS itself is responsible for ensuring that charges are fairly applied. Patients, visitors and staff who have problems with car parking should therefore contact the NHS organisation which runs the car park.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130646 130650 130651 130652 130653 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852654

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Hospitals: Parking
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 number of NHS hospitals in England which manage their own parking facilities.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles</a></p><p> </p><p>Hospitals should put concessions in place for those who most need help including disabled people, carers and staff who work shifts. The NHS itself is responsible for ensuring that charges are fairly applied. Patients, visitors and staff who have problems with car parking should therefore contact the NHS organisation which runs the car park.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130646 130647 130651 130652 130653 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852655

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Hospitals: Parking
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 number of NHS hospitals in England which have outsourced the management of their parking facilities to a private company.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130651
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles</a></p><p> </p><p>Hospitals should put concessions in place for those who most need help including disabled people, carers and staff who work shifts. The NHS itself is responsible for ensuring that charges are fairly applied. Patients, visitors and staff who have problems with car parking should therefore contact the NHS organisation which runs the car park.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130646 130647 130650 130652 130653 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852656

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Hospitals: Parking
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 number of NHS hospitals in England which have a Private Finance Initiative contract associated with their parking facilities.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles</a></p><p> </p><p>Hospitals should put concessions in place for those who most need help including disabled people, carers and staff who work shifts. The NHS itself is responsible for ensuring that charges are fairly applied. Patients, visitors and staff who have problems with car parking should therefore contact the NHS organisation which runs the car park.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130646 130647 130650 130651 130653 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:56 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852657

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
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	Hospitals: Parking
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 number of NHS hospitals in England which have entered into a Private Finance Initiative associated with their parking facilities since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130653
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not collected centrally.</p><p> </p><p>National Health Service car parking data including the number of NHS hospitals that charge for disabled car parking is collected annually through Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC).</p><p> </p><p>All ERIC data is published at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp" target="_blank">http://hefs.hscic.gov.uk/ERIC.asp</a></p><p> </p><p>The 2016-17 figures show that out of 1,043 hospital sites that have designated disabled parking, 132 charge for disabled parking which includes disabled people, people with temporary disabilities as well as Blue Badge holders.</p><p> </p><p>The provision of parking spaces and the level of any charges that are made to use them are matters for individual NHS trusts. NHS organisations must have the autonomy to make decisions that best suit their local circumstances.</p><p> </p><p>Details of charges, concessions and additional charges should be well publicised including at car park entrances, wherever payment is made and inside the hospital. They should also be included on the hospital website and on patient letters and forms, where appropriate.</p><p> </p><p>The Department published clear guidelines (the car parking principles) for National Health Service organisations that they are expected to follow. The guidelines are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles/nhs-patient-visitor-and-staff-car-parking-principles</a></p><p> </p><p>Hospitals should put concessions in place for those who most need help including disabled people, carers and staff who work shifts. The NHS itself is responsible for ensuring that charges are fairly applied. Patients, visitors and staff who have problems with car parking should therefore contact the NHS organisation which runs the car park.</p><p> </p><p>The NHS trust remains responsible for the actions of any private contractor they may employ to manage their hospital car parking service.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130646 130647 130650 130651 130652 question first answered 08/03/2018 15:37:57 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

852658

registered interest
date	01/03/2018
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Maplin and Toys R Us: Insolvency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what plans he has to support employees of ToysRUs and Maplin.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130654
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>We have mobilised the Department for Work and Pensions and Jobcentre Plus to work with the companies to understand the level of employee support required. This service is tailored to individuals’ needs to help these workers get back into employment as soon as possible.</p><p>If redundancies are deemed necessary by the administrators, the Insolvency Service’s Redundancy Payments Service will pay statutory redundancy pay to eligible employees, subject to statutory limits.</p> answering member constituency Burton answering member printed Andrew Griffiths question first answered 06/03/2018 15:39:34 answering member 3936 label Biography information for Andrew Griffiths
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

851576

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Hospitals: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients stayed at an NHS hospital in England for 14 days or longer in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Information is shown in the following table which is a count of finished discharged episodes (FDEs)<sup>1</sup> with a spell duration<sup>2</sup> of 14 or 30 days or longer in National Health Service hospitals for the financial year 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>This is a count of hospital episodes, not individual patients, as the same person may have been admitted into an NHS hospital on more than one occasion.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Duration</p></td><td><p>Total FDEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>14 days</p></td><td><p>763,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>30 days</p></td><td><p>271,569</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>A FDE indicates whether the episode is a finished discharge episode (whether the patient was discharged at the end of the episode).</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>The difference in days between the admission date and the discharge date, where both dates are given.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130340 question first answered 08/03/2018 17:10:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon

851577

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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	Hospitals: Admissions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients stayed at an NHS hospital in England for 30 days or longer in 2017.
tabling member constituency	Harlow
tabling member printed	Robert Halfon
uin	130340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Information is shown in the following table which is a count of finished discharged episodes (FDEs)<sup>1</sup> with a spell duration<sup>2</sup> of 14 or 30 days or longer in National Health Service hospitals for the financial year 2016-17.</p><p> </p><p>This is a count of hospital episodes, not individual patients, as the same person may have been admitted into an NHS hospital on more than one occasion.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Duration</p></td><td><p>Total FDEs</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>14 days</p></td><td><p>763,851</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016-17</p></td><td><p>30 days</p></td><td><p>271,569</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Hospital Episode Statistics, NHS Digital</p><p> </p><p>Notes:</p><p> </p><p><sup>1</sup>A FDE indicates whether the episode is a finished discharge episode (whether the patient was discharged at the end of the episode).</p><p> </p><p><sup>2</sup>The difference in days between the admission date and the discharge date, where both dates are given.</p> answering member constituency North East Cambridgeshire answering member printed Stephen Barclay grouped question UIN 130339 question first answered 08/03/2018 17:10:10 answering member 4095 label Biography information for Steve Barclay
tabling member	3985 label Biography information for Robert Halfon